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Meaning of 夭折

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
夭 yāo 折 zhé
to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
Related Words
Synonym: 短命 早死 早夭
Antonyms: 长寿
Example Sentences
1
他的兄弟很快夭折
。
His brother soon died.
2
她有十七个孩子
,
其中两个夭折了
。
She had seventeen children and two of them died.
3
在非洲
,
每
30
秒就有一个孩子因为疟疾而夭折
。
In Africa, one child dies of the disease every 30 seconds.
4
在最左端
,
一位妇女怀抱夭折的孩子
,
失声痛哭
。
On the far left, a woman holds her dead child and howls in pain.
5
克纳特出生后最初的
44天
是在早产儿保育器内度过的
。
它的双胞胎哥哥在出生
4天
后夭折
。
Polar bear infant Knut spent the first 44 days of his life in an incubator. His twin brother died four days after being born.