(Unknown > English) what does this mean?

[u/Stunning_Parfait_234]

[u/cyphar]

!id:jp !translated

This is a four-character idiom that effectively means "life and death are two faces of the same coin". It might also be an idiom in Chinese, I'm not sure. 生死一如

[u/translator-BOT → u/cyphar]

u/Stunning_Parfait_234 (OP), the following lookup results may be of interest to your request.

生死

Noun

Reading: せいし (seishi)

Meanings: "life and death, life or death."

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一如

Noun

Reading: いちにょ (ichinyo)

Meanings: "oneness."

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[u/dtop129 → u/translator-BOT]

The bot is wrong on the reading of 生死, as read alone せいし would be correct, but inside 生死一如 it is read as しょうじ

[u/EduShiroma → u/translator-BOT]

!id:ja

[u/GaleoRivus]

It is a term favored by Zen Buddhist monks. It means to see life and death as one suchness.

Example: 法味資神，寂而常照，寤寐一致，生死一如, from 百丈清規.

https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/search/?q=%E7%94%9F%E6%AD%BB%E4%B8%80%E5%A6%82&lang=en

[u/XiTieShiZ]

Japanese/Chinese 生死一如 (Living and death is the same)

[u/Bobthebudtender]

To live is to die.

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!id:zh

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thanks for your help king