夭殇

夭殤
yāoshāng
to die young

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to die young
  2. to die young

Wiktionary

短命早死。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 夭 yāo
  1. (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo)
  2. (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
=1 夭 yāo (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo) (variant of 夭 yāo)
2 殇 shāng
  1. to die in childhood
  2. war dead

Related entries

夭亡 yāowáng to die young
夭寿 yāoshòu
  1. to die young
  2. (Tw) (curse word) drop dead
  3. go to hell
  4. (literary) short life and long life
早夭 zǎoyāo to die young
短命 duǎnmìng
  1. to die young
  2. short-lived