壽終正寢 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 寿终正寝 shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn ㄕㄡˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ to die of old age to die in one's bed at a ripe old age (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life fig. Character by character 壽(shòu)surname Shou 終(zhōng)end 正(zhèng)straight 寢(qǐn)lie down to sleep or rest A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0