收之桑榆

Traditional form:

收之桑榆

Pinyin (reading):

shōuzhīsāngyú

Definitions:

• see 失之東隅，收之桑榆／失之东隅，收之桑榆 (shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú)

Characters:

• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 榆 - elm tree

Traditional characters:

• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 榆 - elm tree