美び人じん薄はく命めい

expression

beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young

A yojijukugo proverb expressing the idea that beautiful people often suffer misfortune or die young. Used in literary or reflective contexts.

• 美び人じん薄はく命めいとはよく言いったもので、彼かの女じょは若わかくして亡なくなった。

  As the saying goes, 'the beautiful die young'; she passed away at a young age.