朝闻道，夕死可矣 / 朝聞道，夕死可矣

zhāo​wén​dào​xī​sǐ​kě​yǐ

die content with the truth

if one hears the way in the morning, one can die without regret in the evening; a Confucian teaching emphasizing the supreme value of understanding the truth or the right path

朝 (literal) → 朝 · zhāo · morning 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · principle ， (non_chinese) 夕 (literal) → 夕 · xī · evening 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 矣 (bound) → 矣 · yǐ · [classical/final]

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM