"Fig. to die" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 吹灯拔蜡 | chuī dēng bá là | lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with |  |
| 命归黄泉 | mìng guī Huáng quán | lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom) / fig. to die / to meet one's end | |
