Lǎorén xīnkǔ le yībèizi, yīnggāi hǎohao yíyǎngtiānnián.
The old folks have worked hard their whole lives — they deserve to spend their later years in comfort.
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Warm and respectful, used about elders. 天年 means the natural lifespan granted by Heaven, so the phrase implies dying peacefully of old age, not being cut short.
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Object of 颐养 is 天年 — the idiom is fixed, don't substitute. Often appears with 安享 in sentences like 安享晚年 / 颐养天年.
