虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこすtorahashishitekawaotodomehitohashishitenaonokosu

expression · godan verb

  1. he has not lived that lives not after death
  2. the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it
  3. tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences