饭后百步走,活到九十九
Traditional form:
飯後百步走,活到九十九
Pinyin (reading):
fànhòubǎibùzǒu,huódàojiǔshíjiǔ
Definitions:
- walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
Characters:
- 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
- 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
- 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
- 到 - to go to, to arrive
- 九 - nine
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 九 - nine
Traditional characters:
- 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice
- 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
- 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
- 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
- 到 - to go to, to arrive
- 九 - nine
- 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 九 - nine