人生七十古来稀
rén​shēng​qī​shí​gǔ​lái​xī

life rarely reaches seventy

  • created sense approved 人生七十古来稀/人生七十古來稀 · rén​shēng​qī​shí​gǔ​lái​xī · life rarely reaches seventy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人生七十古来稀 / 人生七十古來稀

    rén​shēng​qī​shí​gǔ​lái​xī

    life rarely reaches seventy

    Since ancient times it has been rare for a person to live to be seventy years old; a proverb originating from a poem by [[杜甫|杜甫|du4 fu3]] of the Tang dynasty

    人生 (literal) → 人生 · rén​shēng · human life 七十 (literal) → 七十 · qī​shí · seventy 古来 (literal) → 古来/古來 · gǔ​lái · since ancient times 稀 (literal) → 稀 · xī · rare

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