Read Edit View history 死于安乐 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 生于忧患，死于安乐 (生於憂患，死於安樂) shēngyúyōuhuàn, sǐyú'ānlè thrive in adversity To thrive in calamity and perish in soft living; the idea that hardship fosters survival and growth while ease and pleasure lead to ruin. Frequency Written text 0.158 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
生于忧患，死于安乐 (生於憂患，死於安樂) shēngyúyōuhuàn, sǐyú'ānlè thrive in adversity To thrive in calamity and perish in soft living; the idea that hardship fosters survival and growth while ease and pleasure lead to ruin. Frequency Written text 0.158 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)