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蔗境
zhè​jìng

improving circumstances

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蔗境 zhè​jìng
improving circumstances
(literary) improving circumstances or bettering conditions; specifically used to describe a person's life getting better in their later years. The term refers to the story of 顾恺之 gù​kǎi​zhī who ate sugarcane from the tip to the root, describing it as gradually entering a blissful state.