the year in which a great master deceased

the year in which a great master deceased

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Su ì Z à IL ó ngsh é, which means the end of life. It's the same as "the dragon and the snake in the year". It comes from the biography of Zheng Xuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"In the spring of the fifth year, Confucius told him," from now on, this year will be at Chen, and the next year will be at Si. " Since Yi, with the combination of prophecy, know when the end of life, there are instant sleep disease Li Xianzhu: "in the biography of Gao Cai Bu Yu written by Liu Zhou of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that" Chen is a dragon, he is a snake, and he is a dragon and a snake. ". The sage Ho, the metaphysics combines with the prophecy, "Gai said Year, year star; dragon, finger Chen; snake, finger Si. Later is life.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.