好死不如赖活着 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 好死不如賴活著 hǎosǐbùrúlàihuózhe ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄓㄜ better a bad life than a good death (idiom) Character by character 好(hǎo)good 死(sǐ)die 不(bù)no 如(rú)as 赖(lài)surname Lai 活(huó)live 着(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0