age of thirty; thirty years old
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
the age of thirty (from Confucius' saying 'at thirty, I stood firm')
literaryDerived from the Analects of Confucius (《论语•为政》): 'At thirty, I stood firm' (三十而立). Used in formal or literary contexts to refer to the age of thirty. Often appears in the phrase 而立之年.
Tā他
nián年
jiè届
ér而
lì立
，
shì事
yè业
yǒu有
chéng成
。
He is approaching thirty and has already built a successful career.
Yǐ已
dào到
ér而
lì立
zhī之
nián年
，
què却
réng仍
dān单
shēn身
。
Already at the age of thirty, yet still single.
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Sān三
shí十
ér而
lì立
，
sì四
shí十
ér而
bù不
huò惑
。
At thirty, I stood firm; at forty, I had no doubts.