- to die of old age
- to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
- (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
Characters
- 寿 (壽): surname Shou
- 终 (終): end; finish
- 正 (正): first month of the lunar year
- 寝 (寑): old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 寿终正寝
- MDBG: 寿终正寝
- Examples with 寿终正寝 on Tatoeba
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