Word Meaning 生死一如

せいしいちにょ seishiichinyo

生死一如 is read as せいしいちにょ (seishiichinyo) and means life and death are the two faces of the same coin.

Meaning

English

  1. life and death are the two faces of the same coin

Reading

Kana

せいしいちにょ

Romaji

seishiichinyo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 54818 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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九死に一生を得る

きゅうしにいっしょうをえる

to have a narrow escape from death

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

九死一生

きゅうしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaw of death

九死に一生

きゅうしにいっしょう

narrow escape from death

物心一如

ぶっしんいちにょ

matter and mind are one

心身一如

しんじんいちにょ

body and mind as one

形影一如

けいえいいちにょ

being inseparable as a form and its shadow

一如

いちにょ

oneness

邪正一如

じゃしょういちにょ

Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin

生死

しょうじ

death

生き身は死身

いきみはしにみ

all that lives must eventually die

生死の境

せいしのさかい

between life and death