生于忧患，死于安乐
Traditional form:
生於憂患，死於安樂
Pinyin (reading):
shēngyúyōuhuàn,sǐyú'ānlè
Definitions:
- to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
- life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
Characters:
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
- 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 安 - peaceful, tranquil, quiet
- 乐 - cheerful, happy, laughing; music
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