好死不如赖活着 in English hao3 si3 bu4 ru2 lai4 huo2 zhe5 Meaning

Meanings

  • better a bad life than a good death (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

好 死 不 如 赖 活 着

Traditional Characters

好 死 不 如 賴 活 著

Pinyin

hao3 si3 bu4 ru2 lai4 huo2 zhe5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

好hao3good 死si3to die 不bu4(negative prefix) 如ru2as 赖lai4surname Lai 活huo2to live 着zhe5(chess) move