Lingaku- better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
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- better a bad life than a good death
This idiom suggests that it is preferable to endure a difficult or unpleasant life than to face death. It emphasizes the value of life itself, regardless of its quality.
yǒu shí hou有时候，suī rán虽然shēng huó生活hěn很jiān nán艰难，wǒ我hái shi还是jué de觉得hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe好死不如赖活着。
Sometimes, even though life is tough, I still believe that it's better to endure a bad life than to face death.
His parents always taught him that it's better to endure a bad life than to have a good death, and to cherish life.
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hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe好死不如赖活着better a bad life than a good deathhuó zhe活着jiù shì就是xī wàng希望to be alive is to have hopehuó zhe活着jiù就yǒu kě néng有可能as long as one is alive, there is potentialhuó zhe活着yào yǒu要有xìn niàn信念to have faith while livingLài赖huó活zhāo着Yě也yāo要zhēng qì争气to strive for a better life even while living poorlyzhēn xī珍惜shēng mìng生命to cherish lifeshēng mìng生命wú jià无价life is pricelesshuó zhe活着de的yì yì意义the meaning of being aliveshēng mìng生命de的jià zhí价值the value of lifehuó zhe活着jiù shì就是shèng lì胜利to be alive is to have victory