盛衰荣枯 shèngshuāiróngkū ups and downs Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 盛衰 shèngshuāi rise and fall rise and fall; prosperity and decline; the ups and downs of fortune or fate荣枯 榮枯 róngkū flourishing and withering; vicissitudes the flourishing and withering of plants, or metaphorically, the rise and fall of human fortunes