而立
ér​lì

thirty years old

  • created sense approved 而立 · ér​lì · thirty years old — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而立

    ér​lì

    thirty years old

    (literary) To be thirty years of age; originating from the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]], where Confucius describes finding his place in society at thirty.

    而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to establish

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

    created sense