sixties(ér shùn zhī nián)

sixties

Ershunnian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ě RSH ù nzh ī Ni á n, which means you can judge whether it is true or not by listening to other people's words at the age of 60. It comes from the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius of the pre Qin period, it is said that "I am determined to study at five out of ten, to stand at thirty, not to be confused at forty, to know the destiny at fifty, to be obedient at sixty, and to do whatever I want at seventy."

Idiom usage

I am 60 years old. example when he was in his prime, he took the position of a general. The biography of Xiao Wang in the book of Han by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : ér shùn zhī nián