寿终正寝

MEANING

1. 壹动verb

   to die of old age

   • tāshòuzhōngzhèngqǐn,xiǎngniánjiǔshísuì.

     他寿终正寝，享年九十岁。🔊

     He died of old age at the ripe age of ninety.

2. 貳动verb

   to die in one's bed at a ripe old age

   • tāshòuzhōngzhèngqǐn,xiǎngniánjiǔshísuì.

     他寿终正寝，享年九十岁。🔊

     He died peacefully at home at the age of ninety.

3. 參动verb

   (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life

   • zhètáijīqìshòuzhōngzhèngqǐnle.

     这台机器寿终正寝了。🔊

     This machine has reached the end of its service life.