プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
たんめい【短命】
〔短い命〕a short life
短命の short-lived
彼の短命は大酒のためだった
His early death was caused by heavy drinking./He died young 「on account [as a consequence] of heavy drinking.
才子短命
((諺)) 「Whom the gods love [The gifted] die young.
その内閣は短命に終わった
The cabinet did not last long.