created sense approved 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐/先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 · xiāntiānxiàzhīyōu'éryōuhòutiānxiàzhīlè'érlè · to care first and enjoy last — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 / 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂
xiāntiānxiàzhīyōu'éryōuhòutiānxiàzhīlè'érlè
to care first and enjoy last
To be the first to worry about the affairs of the state and the last to enjoy oneself; originally a quote from the Song dynasty writer [[范仲淹|范仲淹|fan4 zhong4 yan1]] in his essay [[岳阳楼记|岳陽樓記|yue4 yang2 lou2 ji4]] expressing self-sacrifice for the public good.
先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 天下 (literal) → 天下 · tiānxià · the world 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 忧 (literal) → 忧/憂 · yōu · to worry 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 忧 (literal) → 忧/憂 · yōu · to worry ， (non_chinese) 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · after 天下 (literal) → 天下 · tiānxià · the world 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · lè · pleasure 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · lè · happy
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