created sense approved 蔗境 · zhèjìng · improving circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
蔗境
zhèjìng
improving circumstances
(literary) improving circumstances or bettering conditions; specifically used to describe a person's life getting better in their later years. The term refers to the story of [[顾恺之|顧愷之|gu4 kai3 zhi1]] who ate sugarcane from the tip to the root, describing it as gradually entering a blissful state.
蔗 (literal) → 蔗 · zhè · sugarcane 境 (literal) → 境 · jìng · level
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