生
于
忧
患
，
死
于
安
乐
s
h
ē
n
g
y
ú
y
ō
u
h
u
à
n
,
s
ǐ
y
ú
ā
n
l
è
Definitions
1. to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
2. life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
Components
生
shēng
–
to be born
于
Yú
–
surname Yu
于
yú
–
in
忧患
yōu huàn
–
suffering
死于安乐
sǐ yú ān lè
–
see 生於憂患，死於安樂|生于忧患，死于安乐[sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4]