身先朝露

shēnxiānzhāolù
body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 身 shēn
  1. body
  2. life
  3. oneself
  4. personally
  5. one's morality and conduct
  6. the main part of a structure or body
  7. pregnant
  8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. Kangxi radical 158
2 先 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
3 朝露 zhāolù
  1. morning dew
  2. fig. precarious brevity of human life
  3. ephemeral