- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
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生于忧患，死于安乐
生于忧患，死于安乐
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
- ，。
One is born in hardship and dies in comfort.
- 貳形adjective
life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
- ，。
One is born in hardship and dies in ease.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman in the house brings peace and tranquility.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; string (resembling a zither string))ASSOCIATIVE
Music is like tiny vibrating strings that create wonderful melodies.
生于忧患，死于安乐
Traditional生於憂患，死於安樂
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
- ，。
One is born in hardship and dies in comfort.
- 貳形adjective
life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
- ，。
One is born in hardship and dies in ease.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman in the house brings peace and tranquility.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; string (resembling a zither string))ASSOCIATIVE
Music is like tiny vibrating strings that create wonderful melodies.
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