羽化

yǔhuà
  1. levitation (of Daoist immortal)
  2. to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven
  3. (in Daoism) to become immortal
  4. to die
  5. of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form
  6. eclosion

CEDICT

  1. (Taoism, euphemistic) to die; to pass away
  2. (zoology) to eclose; to undergo eclosion
  3. to ascend to heaven and become an immortal
  4. to die; to pass away
  5. to eclose; to undergo eclosion

Wiktionary

  1. 昆蟲蛹化為成蟲，稱為「羽化」。
  2. 得道成仙。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 羽 yǔ
  1. feather
  2. 5th note in pentatonic scale
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化學 huàxué

Related entries

登仙 dēngxiān
  1. to become immortal
  2. big promotion
  3. die
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

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