生於憂患，死於安樂

生於憂患，死於安樂

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	suffering; hardship; misery		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	happy and content; Anle
trad. (生於憂患，死於安樂)		生	於	憂患	，	死	於	安樂
simp. (生于忧患，死于安乐)		生	于	忧患	，	死	于	安乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng yú yōuhuàn, sǐ yú ānlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄩˊ ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ, ㄙˇ ㄩˊ ㄢ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ jyu¹ jau¹ waan⁶, sei² jyu¹ on¹ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēng yú yōuhuàn, sǐ yú ānlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄩˊ ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ, ㄙˇ ㄩˊ ㄢ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng yu iouhuann, syy yu anleh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ jyu¹ jau¹ waan⁶, sei² jyu¹ on¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: sāng yū yāu waahn, séi yū ōn lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ jy¹ jau¹ waan⁶, sei² jy¹ on¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ yu¹ yeo¹ wan⁶, séi² yu¹ on¹ log⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵ wäːn²² sei̯³⁵ jyː⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Proverb

生於憂患，死於安樂

1. Life springs from sorrow and calamity; death comes from ease and pleasure.