qù 
		to go
to go to (a place)
(of a time etc) last
just passed
to send
to remove
to get rid of
to reduce
to be apart from in space or time
to die (euphemism)
to play (a part)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guà 
		to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
to hang up (the phone)
(of a line) to be dead
to be worried or concerned
to make a phone call (dialect)
to register or record
classifier for sets or clusters of objects
(slang) to kill
to die
to be finished
to fail (an exam)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǔ huà 
		levitation (of Daoist immortal)
to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven
(in Daoism) to become immortal
to die
of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form
eclosion
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			táo tài 
		to wash out
elimination (by selection)
natural selection
to knock out (in a competition)
to die out
to phase out
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yāo zhé 
		to die young or prematurely
to come to a premature end
to be aborted prematurely
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cǎn sǐ 
		to die tragically
to meet with a violent death
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xùn 
		to be buried with the dead
to die for a cause
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ rén 
		dead person
(coll.) to die
(of a death) to happen
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xī huǒ 
		(of fire, lamp etc) to go out
to put out (fire)
(fig.) to die down
(of a vehicle) to stall
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiù yì 
		to be killed for a righteous cause
to die a martyr
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn 
		to die of old age
to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ yú fēi mìng 
		violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
an unnatural death
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ bù míng mù 
		dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì 
		to die without a burial site
to die a pauper
a tragic end
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiān wú jué rén zhī lù 
		Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.
Never give up hope.
Never say die.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zuò huà 
		to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiù mù 
		to be placed in a coffin
to die
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lā sī mó 
		die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ā diē 
		dad
father
(paternal) grandfather
old man
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qí hè 
		to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
to die
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng 
		a centipede dies but never falls down
old institutions die hard
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lán cuī yù zhé 
		premature death of a budding talent
those whom the Gods love die young
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jié yīng 
		to die a hero
martyrdom in a good cause
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ bù míng mù 
		dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance
also written 死不瞑目
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāng xīn zhì sǐ 
		to grieve to death
to die of a broken-heart
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kuà hè Yáng zhōu 
		lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou
to become a Daoist immortal
to die
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tóng guī yú jìn 
		to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes
to take sb down with oneself
to end in mutual destruction
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kè sǐ 
		to die in a foreign land
to die abroad
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú 
		lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ nàn 
		to die in an accident
to die for a just cause
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guàn qiān 
		to weight sth with lead
(of a die) loaded
to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punishment)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shòu zhōng 
		to die of old age
to live to a ripe old age
(fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)