四十不惑

sìshíbúhuò
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 at forty, free from doubt
  2. 2 traditional name for the age of forty

Examples

Tā yǐjīng sìshí bú huò de niánjì le.
He is already at the 'no more doubts' age of forty.
Kǒngzǐ shuō sìshí bú huò, wǒ kuài sìshí le què yuè lái yuè mímáng.
Confucius said 'forty brings clarity', but as I near forty I feel more lost than ever.

Tips

history
From the Analects 《论语·》: ,三十而立,四十,五十天命,六十,七十 — Confucius's autobiography of his inner life by decade. means he was no longer confused about how to live.

Stroke Order

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