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Ups and Down in Chinese / Japanese...

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Rise and Fall / Ups and Downs

Eiko-Seisui

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 ei ko sei sui
 영고성쇠
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This Japanese proverb can be translated as “flourish and wither, prosper and perish,” “life is full of fortune and misfortune,” or simply “vicissitudes of life.”

栄枯盛衰 / 榮枯盛衰 is about the rise and fall of human affairs or the ups and downs of life. Prosperity comes and goes, everything is fleeting and temporary, but like waves, another swell of prosperity may come.

Here's how the Kanji break down in this proverb:

栄 = prosper; thrive; flourish; boom.
枯 = wither; die.
盛 = prosperous; flourishing; thriving; successful; energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic.
衰 = become weaker; decline; get weak; die down; subside; abate; fail.

榮 Notes: The original version of the first character looks like the image to the right. In modern Japan, they simplified that Kanji a bit into the version shown above. If you have a preference for which style is used for your calligraphy, please let me know when you place your order.

Apparently, with that original version of the first character, this is also used in Korean Hanja. However, I have not confirmed that it’s used in the same way or is widely-known in Korean.




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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your ups and down search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

低昂

see styles		 dī áng
    di1 ang2
ti ang

低昂
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ups and down; rise and fall

沉浮

see styles		 chén fú
    chen2 fu2
ch`en fu
    chen fu

沉浮
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lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes

起伏

see styles		 qǐ fú
    qi3 fu2
ch`i fu
    chi fu
 kifuku
    きふく

起伏
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to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
(n,vs,vi) (1) undulation; (n,vs,vi) (2) ups and downs; highs and lows

浮き沈み

see styles		  ukishizumi
    うきしずみ

浮き沈み
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(n,vs,vi) ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

アップ・ダウン

see styles		  apu daun
    アップ・ダウン

アップ・ダウン
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ups and downs (wasei: up down); up-and-down

Variations:
アップダウン
アップ・ダウン

see styles		  apudaun; apu daun
    アップダウン; アップ・ダウン		 ups and downs (wasei: up down); up-and-down

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)
Rise and Fall
Ups and Downs		栄枯盛衰 / 榮枯盛衰
荣枯盛衰		ei ko sei sui
eikoseisui
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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