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 (shēnglǎobìngsǐ)

Noun

sinh lão bệnh tử

1. (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?