老少不定
also: ろうしょうふじょう
Meanings
1
uncertainty of life; death comes to old and young alike
A yojijukugo expressing the Buddhist idea that death does not follow a set order; the young may die before the old. Used in reflective or literary contexts.
The phrase 老少不定 expresses the impermanence of life.
He died young; it's truly a case of the uncertainty of life.