天年 tiānnián
tiānnián
noun
natural life span
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '天年')
Contained in
- 不终天年(不終天年) to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course
- 颐养天年(頤養天年) lit. to nurture one's years; to enjoy one's later years
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《刺客列傳》 Biographies of Assassins Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 3
- 《人間世》 Man in the World, Associated with other Men Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 3
- 卷五十二 Scroll 52 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 3
- 《山木》 The Tree on the Mountain Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 2
- 卷五 孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 卷八 帝紀第八 孝宗穆帝 哀帝 廢帝海西公 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Mu; Emperor Ai; Duke of Haixi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷一百九十八 列傳第一百四十八: 西戎 Volume 198 Biographies 148: Western Regions Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
Collocations
- 通天年 (通天年) 萬歲通天年 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷八十九 列傳第三十九: 狄仁傑 王方慶 姚璹 Volume 89 Biographies 39: Di Renjie, Wang Fangqing, Yao Shu — count: 8
- 天年终 (天年終) 老母今以天年終 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《刺客列傳》 Biographies of Assassins — count: 6
- 尽天年 (儘天年) 則盡天年 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 5
- 保天年 (保天年) 庶保天年 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八 帝紀第八 孝宗穆帝 哀帝 廢帝海西公 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Mu; Emperor Ai; Duke of Haixi — count: 4
- 夭天年 (夭天年) 龔生竟夭天年 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十二 王貢兩龔鮑傳 Volume 72: Wang, Gong, two Gongs and Bao — count: 3
- 失天年 (失天年) 失天年之壽 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 3
- 皇始天年 (皇始天年) 皇始天年 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷69 列傳第34 王劭 袁充 Volume 69 Biographies 34: Wang Shao, Yuan Chong — count: 2
- 用天年 (用天年) 用天年終 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十四 諸侯王表 Volume 14: Table of nobles related to the imperial clan 2 — count: 2
- 天年不遂 (天年不遂) 天年不遂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五 孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an — count: 2
- 承天年 (承天年) 承天年已老 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十四 列傳第二十四 鄭鮮之 裴松之 何承天 Volume 64 Biographies 24: Zheng Xianzhi, Pei Songzhi, He Chengtian — count: 2