harimau mati meninggalkan belang, gajah mati meninggalkan gading
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay harimau mati meninggalkan belang, gajah mati meninggalkan gading (literally “when a tiger dies, it leaves behind its stripe; when an elephant dies, it leave behind its ivory”). Also possibly a near-calque of Chinese 虎死留皮,人死留名 (hǔ sǐ liú pí, rén sǐ liú míng).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /haˌrimau̯ ˌmati məniŋˌɡalkan bəˌlaŋ | ˌɡad͡ʒah ˌmati məniŋˌɡalkan ˈɡadiŋ/ [haˌri.mau̯ ˌma.t̪i mə.niŋˌɡal.kan bəˌlaŋ | ˌɡa.d͡ʒah ˌma.t̪i mə.niŋˌɡal.kan ˈɡa.dɪŋ]
Rhymes: -adiŋ
Syllabification: ha‧ri‧mau ma‧ti me‧ning‧gal‧kan be‧lang, ga‧jah ma‧ti me‧ning‧gal‧kan ga‧ding
=== Proverb ===
harimau mati meninggalkan belang, gajah mati meninggalkan gading
a person's legacy will be remembered by others, even if they're gone for a long time
=== Further reading ===
“harimau mati meninggalkan belang, gajah mati meninggalkan gading”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016