人生如朝露 [ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄠ ㄌㄨˋ; ren2 sheng1 ru2 zhao1 lu4] human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence ◄ ►