无志空活百岁 / 無志空活百歲

wú​zhì​kōng​huó​bǎi​suì

living long without ambition is a waste

without ambition, one lives to a hundred years in vain; a proverb suggesting that life is meaningless without goals or determination, often used in contrast to the idea that success depends on will rather than age

无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 志 (literal) → 志 · zhì · will 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain 活 (literal) → 活 · huó · to live 百岁 (literal) → 百岁/百歲 · bǎi​suì · one hundred years

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM