弃世

棄世
qìshì
  1. to leave this world
  2. to die

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to pass away; to be deceased
  2. to pass away; to be deceased

Wiktionary

  1. 离开人世。《三国志．卷一九．魏书．陈思王植传》：「臣感先帝早崩，威王弃世，臣独何人，以堪长久！」《三国演义．第三回》：「兄醉矣！先父弃世多年，安得与兄相会？」也作「去世」、「逝世」。
  2. 超脱尘俗，遗世独立。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 弃 qì
  1. to abandon
  2. to relinquish
  3. to discard
  4. to throw away
2 世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble

Related entries

离开人世 líkāirénshì
  1. to die
  2. to leave this world
一命呜呼 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
丢命 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

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