不得其死

Chinese

		not; no	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (不得其死)		不	得	其	死
simp. ^#(不得其死)		不	得	其	死

Earliest extant attestations are from the Analects and Tao Te Ching:

子樂：「若由也，不得其死然。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

子乐：“若由也，不得其死然。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

Zǐ yuè: “Ruò Yóu yě, bùdéqísǐ rán.” [Pinyin]

The Master was pleased. He said, “You there ― he will not die a natural death.”

強梁者不得其死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

强梁者不得其死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

Qiángliángzhě bùdéqísǐ. [Pinyin]

The violent and strong do not die their natural death.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdéqísǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ kei⁴ sei²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): put tit kî sí

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ dig⁴ ki⁵ si²

不得其死

Sino-Xenic (不得其死):

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