1. 去世;逝世;謝世 You can say that someone passed away to mean that they died, if you want to avoid using the word 'die' because you think it might upset or offend people.
e.g. He unfortunately passed away last year. 他去年不幸逝世。
pass away英英釋義
verb
1. go out of existence
e.g. She hoped that the problem would eventually passaway
2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
e.g. She died from cancer The children perished in the fire The patient went peacefully The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Synonym: diedeceaseperishgoexitexpirepasskick the bucketcash in one's chipsbuy the farmconkgive-up the ghostdrop deadpop offchokecroaksnuff it