升天

shēngtiān
  1. lit. to ascend to heaven
  2. to die

CEDICT

  1. (euphemistic) to die; to pass away
  2. to ascend into heaven; to go up to the sky
  3. to die; to pass away

Wiktionary

  1. 上升至天界。
  2. 稱人死亡。

重編國語辭典

  1. 升上天空
  2. 死，死亡

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise
  2. to promote; to elevate
  3. liter
  4. unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗 dǒu)
=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  2. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)
=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  2. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)
2 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven

Containing this entry

耶穌升天節 Yēsū Shēngtiānjié Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
聖母升天節 Shèngmǔshēngtiānjié Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
雞犬升天 jīquǎnshēngtiān
  1. lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom)
  2. fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit
  3. (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天，鸡犬升天 yīréndédào,jīquǎnshēngtiān)

Related entries

一命嗚呼 yīmìngwūhū
  1. to die (idiom)
  2. to breathe one's last
  3. to give up the ghost
下世 xiàshì
  1. to die
  2. future incarnation
  3. next life
  4. to be born
  5. to come into the world
  6. future generation
丟命 diūmìng to die
亡 wáng
  1. to die
  2. to lose
  3. to be gone
  4. to flee
  5. deceased
从古到今，没有过不灭亡的国家。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

Source: Tatoeba

亡故 wánggù
  1. to die
  2. to pass away
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