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Birth Old-Age Sickness Death
Born to Suffer
生老病死 means "to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die" or "birth, aging, sickness, and death".
生老病死 is an old somewhat-morbid Chinese proverb that is also used in Korean and Japanese. It figuratively means the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) or suggests that we are all born to suffer.
In the Buddhist context, there are the "four inevitables in human life" or "four afflictions that are the lot of every human" known as "四苦" (literally "four afflictions"). Sometimes this proverb is written with that affliction character, 苦, at the end like 生老病死苦.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
唐 see styles |
táng tang2 t`ang tang tou / to とう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki for nothing |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien ten てん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright; heaven |
媛 see styles |
yuàn yuan4 yüan hime ひめ |
 More info & calligraphy: (out-dated kanji) (1) princess; young lady of noble birth; (n-suf,n) (2) girl; (prefix) (3) small; cute; lesser (in names of species); (4) (archaism) (kyb:) prostitute; (female given name) Hime |
寂 see styles |
jì ji4 chi jaku; seki じゃく; せき |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (entering into) nirvana; (suffix noun) (2) (used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time) died; (adj-t,adv-to) (3) (usu. せき) silent; tranquil; (female given name) Yoshika praśama; vivikta; śānti. Still, silent, quiet, solitary, calm, tranquil, nirvāṇa; to become quiet |
斗 see styles |
dǒu dou3 tou tomasu とます |
 More info & calligraphy: kanji radical 68 at right; (given name) Hakaru A bushel, i. e. ten Chinese pints; a bushel |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh waza わざ |
 More info & calligraphy: deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣; activity |
溫 温 see styles |
wēn wen1 wen on |
 More info & calligraphy: Warm, mild, bland, gentle; acquainted with; to warm. |
火 see styles |
huǒ huo3 huo hi ひ |
 More info & calligraphy: (n,n-suf) fire; flame; blaze Fire, flame. Śikhin 尸棄; 式棄, which means fire in the sense of flame, is the name of the 999th Buddha of the kalpa preceding this. |
燕 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen tsubame(p); tsubakurame(ok); tsubakura(ok); tsubakuro(ok); tsubame(p) つばめ(P); つばくらめ(ok); つばくら(ok); つばくろ(ok); ツバメ(P) |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi |
生 see styles |
shēng sheng1 sheng fu ふ |
 More info & calligraphy: (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.); (surname) Yanao jāti 惹多; life; utpāda means coming forth, birth, production; 生 means beget, bear, birth, rebirth, born, begin, produce, life, the living. One of the twelve nidānas, 十二因緣; birth takes place in four forms, catur yoni, v. 四生, in each case causing: a sentient being to enter one of the 六道 six gati, or paths of transmigration; arising |
皇 see styles |
huáng huang2 huang sume; sumera; sube; subera すめ; すめら; すべ; すべら |
 More info & calligraphy: (prefix) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) divine; imperial; (female given name) Miyuki ruler |
盧 卢 see styles |
lú lu2 lu rou / ro ろう |
 More info & calligraphy: (surname) Rou A rice-vessel; a fire-pan; dram-shop; black; translit. lo, ro, ru; cf. 樓; 路; 流; a rice-vessel |
簡 简 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien kan かん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct; to choose |
翼 see styles |
yì yi4 i tsubasa(p); yoku つばさ(P); よく |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku assist |
趙 赵 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao hiyon ひよん |
 More info & calligraphy: (surname) Hiyon To hasten to, return; a long time; to hasten to |
遉 侦 see styles |
zhēn zhen1 chen sasuga さすが |
 More info & calligraphy: (adj-na,adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) as one would expect; (2) (kana only) still; all the same; (3) (kana only) even... (e.g. "even a genius..."); (given name) Sasuga |
道 see styles |
dào dao4 tao dou / do どう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea); (personal name) Wataru mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs. |
陳 陈 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) You Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale; to tell |
鬆 松 see styles |
sōng song1 sung su す |
loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) (1) (kana only) cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; bubble; blowhole; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) porous; pithy; spongy |
デス see styles |
desu デス |
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乳児 see styles |
nyuuji / nyuji にゅうじ |
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五行 see styles |
wǔ xíng wu3 xing2 wu hsing gogyou / gogyo ごぎょう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (See 五大・ごだい・1) the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; (2) {Buddh} five practices of the Bodhisattvas; (3) (See 六信五行) the five pillars of Islam; (surname, given name) Gogyou The five lines of conduct. I. According to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith they are almsgiving; keeping the commandments; patience under insult; zeal or progress; meditation. II. According to the 涅槃經 Nirvana Sutra they are saintly or bodhisattva deeds; arhat, or noble deeds; deva deeds; children's deeds (i. e. normal good deeds of men, devas, and Hinayanists); sickness conditions, e. g. illness, delusion, etc.; — into all these lines of conduct and conditions a Bodhisattva enters. III. The five elements, or tanmātra— wood, fire, earth, metal, and water; or earth, water, ire, air, and ether (or space) as taught by the later Mahāyāna philosophy; idem 五大; five practices |
偕老 see styles |
xié lǎo xie2 lao3 hsieh lao kairou / kairo かいろう |
 More info & calligraphy: growing old together |
先輩 先辈 see styles |
xiān bèi xian1 bei4 hsien pei senpai せんぱい |
 More info & calligraphy: (See 後輩・こうはい) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
入定 see styles |
rù dìng ru4 ding4 ju ting nyuujou / nyujo にゅうじょう |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (noun/participle) (2) death (of a high monk, etc.); (place-name) Nyuujou To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意; to enter into concentration |
古河 see styles |
furuko ふるこ |
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古道 see styles |
gǔ dào gu3 dao4 ku tao kodou; furumichi / kodo; furumichi こどう; ふるみち |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi |
古里 see styles |
furuzato ふるざと |
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古馬 see styles |
koba こば |
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大洋 see styles |
dà yáng da4 yang2 ta yang taiyou / taiyo たいよう |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun - becomes adjective with の) ocean; (personal name) Motohiro |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Birth Old-Age Sickness Death | 生老病死 | shou rou byou shi shouroubyoushi sho ro byo shi | shēng lǎo bìng sǐ sheng1 lao3 bing4 si3 sheng lao bing si shenglaobingsi | sheng lao ping ssu shenglaopingssu |
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