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jmdict 2833900 Active (id: 2200816)
2833900 jmdict A [id=2200816]
虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す
とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす
[1][exp,v5s][proverb]
  he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; 
  [lit] tigers leave their hide when they die\; men leave their name



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