- to die without progeny
- (offensive) may you die childless
- may you be the last of your family line
Characters
- 断 (斷): to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- 子 (子): son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 绝 (絕): to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
- 孙 (孫): surname Sun
Resources
- Wiktionary: 断子绝孙
- MDBG: 断子绝孙
- Examples with 断子绝孙 on Tatoeba
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