to die

impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned

bones (歹) + person fallen (匕) = to die

歹 depicts bones or remains, evoking death and decay. 匕 originally showed a person collapsed or prostrate, reinforcing the image of someone fallen and lifeless.

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那只小鸟了,孩子们都很难过。

nà zhī xiǎo niǎo sǐ le,hái zi men dōu hěn nán guò。

That little bird died, and all the children were very sad.

这条路被大雪堵了,车根本过不去。

zhè tiáo lù bèi dà xuě dǔ sǐ le,chē gēn běn guò bu qù。

This road was completely blocked by heavy snow, and vehicles simply cannot get through.

Words with 死

勒死

lēi sǐ

to strangle

寻死

xún sǐ

to attempt suicide

临床死亡

lín chuáng sǐ wáng

clinical death

临死

lín sǐ

facing death

临死不怯

lín sǐ bù qiè

equanimity in the face of death

逼死

bī sǐ

to hound sb to death

过劳死

guò láo sǐ

karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork

过失致死罪

guò shī zhì sǐ zuì

(law) negligent homicide

长生不死

cháng shēng bù sǐ

immortality

醉生梦死

zuì shēng mèng sǐ

as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence

钉死

dìng sǐ

to nail securely

凿死卯子

záo sǐ mǎo zi

variant of 鑿死鉚子|凿死铆子[zao2 si3 mao3 zi5]

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