兰摧玉折 lan2 cui1 yu4 zhe2

premature death of a budding talent

Traditional: 蘭摧玉折

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English Phonetic: .premә'tjuә
Detailed Definition: a. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time\ns. uncommonly early or before the expected time