생로병사
Meanings
Noun
1. birth, old age, disease, and death, the destiny of all humanity (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese, originally Buddhism)
Pronunciation
saengnobyeongsa
Examples2
부모님을 어릴 적에 여읜 후 인간의 생로병사를 실감하며 평생 살아 왔다.
After losing her parents at an early age, she has lived all her life in the realization of human mortality.
석존께서는 중생의 생로병사를 배우신 후 출가를 결심하셨습니다.
The honored Shakyamuni [Buddha] decided to leave his family upon learning of how the sentient beings were born, aged, fell ill, and died.