早逝

zǎoshì
verb #37,850

Meanings

  1. 1 to die young
  2. 2 to die before one's time

Examples

HSK 4
Tā de mǔqin zǎoshì, tā shì nǎinai dàidà de.
Her mother died young, and she was raised by her grandmother.
HSK 7-9
Mòzhātè zǎoshì, zhǐ huó le sānshíwǔ nián, què liúxià le liùbǎi duō bù zuòpǐn.
Mozart died young, living only thirty-five years, yet he left more than six hundred works.

Tips

usage
Formal and written, for obituaries and biographies. 英年早逝 is said of a talented person who dies in their prime. In conversation people say 走得早, 'left us early'.

Stroke Order

早 zǎo
逝 shì