死讯 (sǐ xùn) — news of someone's death

Definition

Examples

• 他听到父亲的死讯后，立刻赶回了老家。
  Tā tīng dào fù qīn de sǐ xùn hòu, lì kè gǎn huí le lǎo jiā.
  He rushed back to his hometown after hearing the news of his father's death.
• 警方还没有对外公布死讯。
  Jǐng fāng hái méi yǒu duì wài gōng bù sǐ xùn.
  The police have not yet released the news of the death to the public.
• 噩耗传来，她不敢相信这个死讯是真的。
  È hào chuán lái, tā bù gǎn xiāng xìn zhè ge sǐ xùn shì zhēn de.
  When the bad news came, she couldn't believe the news of the death was true.