sinh lão bệnh tử
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 生 (“born”), 老 (“old”), 病 (“ill”) and 死 (“dead”), Literary Chinese 生老病死
Noun
sinh lão bệnh tử
- (collective, Buddhism) all the stages of a typical human life, suggesting the inevitability of old age, illness and death
- Ai mà chẳng phải trải qua sinh lão bệnh tử.
- Who doesn't go through all the stages of human life?