出师未捷身先死

1. • "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 shǔxiàng by Du Fu 杜甫 dùfǔ)

Character by character

• 出(chū)go out
• 师(shī)surname Shi
• 未(wèi)not yet
• 捷(jié)quick
• 身(shēn)body
• 先(xiān)beforehand
• 死(sǐ)die