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一命呜呼

Word · VerbTraditional一命嗚呼

die; kick the bucket (humorous/ironic)

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to die; to kick the bucket (humorous, mocking, or ironic)

informal

Used humorously or mockingly to refer to someone's death. Often implies the speaker is not sad about the death, or is making light of it. Can be used for animals or people.

Nà那
gè个
è恶
bà霸
zhōng终
yú于
yī一
mìng命
wū呜
hū呼
le了
 。

That bully finally kicked the bucket.

Zài再
zhè这
yàng样
hē喝
xià下
qù去
 ,
tā他
zǎo早
wǎn晚
děi得
yī一
mìng命
wū呜
hū呼
 。

If he keeps drinking like this, he'll kick the bucket sooner or later.

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Zhǐ只
tīng听
pēng砰
de的
yī一
shēng声
 ,
nà那
zhī只
lǎo老
shǔ鼠
jiù就
yī一
mìng命
wū呜
hū呼
le了
 。

With just a bang, that rat met its end.