die without fulfilling one's ambitions

die without fulfilling one's ambitions

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī zh ì é RM ò, which means to die without realizing one's wish. It's from henfu.

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: Die of ambition, die of ambition

Idiom usage

Lin Wenzhong is a talented man in the world, but he devoted himself to his work and failed in his ambition. Gao Yang's "jade seat and Pearl curtain" Volume I

The origin of Idioms

In Han Fu written by Liang and Jiang Yan in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "if you have no ambition, you will never be able to keep in mind."