故世

gùshì
  1. to die
  2. to pass away

CEDICT

  1. (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders) to die; to pass away; to go to one's death
  2. to die; to pass away; to go to one's death

Wiktionary

去世。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
2 世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble

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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