"三十而立" meaning in Chinese

See 三十而立 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːm⁵⁵ sɐp̚² jiː²¹ lɐp̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/, /saːm⁵⁵ sɐp̚² jiː²¹ lɐp̚²/ Chinese transliterations: sānshí'érlì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saam¹ sap⁶ ji⁴ lap⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sānshí'érlì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sanshíh-érlì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], san¹-shih²-êrh²-li⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sān-shŕ-ér-lì [Mandarin, Yale], sanshyrerllih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], саньшиэрли [Mandarin, Palladius], sanʹšierli [Mandarin, Palladius], sāam sahp yìh lahp [Cantonese, Yale], saam¹ sap⁹ ji⁴ lap⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sam¹ seb⁶ yi⁴ leb⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》): : 子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zǐyuē: “Wú shí yòu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì, sìshí ér bùhuò, wǔshí ér zhī tiānmìng, liùshí ér ěr shùn, qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yújǔ.” [Pinyin] The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《論語·爲政》)}} (《論語·爲政》), {{zh-x|^子曰：「吾 十 有{yòu} 五 而 志 于 學，三十.而.立，四十 而 不惑，五十 而 知 天命，六十 而 耳 順，七十 而 從.心.所.欲，不 踰矩。」|The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.|collapsed=y|ref=Analects}} 子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zǐyuē: “Wú shí yòu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì, sìshí ér bùhuò, wǔshí ér zhī tiānmìng, liùshí ér ěr shùn, qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yújǔ.” [Pinyin] The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 三十而立
  1. to become independent at the age of thirty Tags: idiomatic
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