知命 zhīmìng to know one's destiny Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 知命 zhī//mìng to know one's destiny To understand that everything is determined by fate and to be able to accept one's lot in life. age of fifty The age of fifty, from the phrase 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìng in the "Analects of Confucius". Frequency Written text 0.123 per million Cross-References See 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìngReferenced by 知命之年 zhīmìngzhīnián Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
知命 zhī//mìng to know one's destiny To understand that everything is determined by fate and to be able to accept one's lot in life. age of fifty The age of fifty, from the phrase 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìng in the "Analects of Confucius". Frequency Written text 0.123 per million Cross-References See 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìngReferenced by 知命之年 zhīmìngzhīnián Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
