知命 zhīmìng

  1. zhīmìng verb to know one's destiny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '知命' 1; Pollard 2002, p. 30)
  2. zhīmìng phrase fifty years of age
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: From the saying 五十而知天命 in Book 2 為政 Wei Zheng of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (Guoyu '知命' 2; Mathews '知命', p. 128)

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