而立

érlì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the age of thirty

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā yǐjing nián guò érlì, hái méiyou chéngjiā.
He's past thirty and still not married.
HSK 7-9
Nián jìn érlì de tā cídiào le gōngzuò, chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huàhuà.
Nearly thirty, she quit her job and started learning to paint again.

Tips

history
From 《论语·为政》, where Confucius says 三十而立, "at thirty I stood firm". Each milestone in that passage became a name for an age: 而立 30, 不惑 40, 知天命 50, 耳顺 60.

Stroke Order

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