中ちゅう夭ようちゅうようMeanings1noundying young; premature deathFormal, literary term for dying at a young age. In everyday speech, 若死に (わかじに) is more common.彼かれは中ちゅう夭ようの悲ひ劇げきに見み舞まわれた。He met the tragedy of dying young.その詩し人じんは中ちゅう夭ようしたが、作さく品ひんは今いまも読よまれている。The poet died young, but his works are still read today.