生不逢辰

Chinese

	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	not; no	every time; meet by chance	5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (生不逢辰)	生	不	逢	辰
simp. ^#(生不逢辰)	生	不	逢	辰
Literally: “to be born at the wrong time”.

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 257 (《詩經·大雅·桑柔》):

憂心慇慇、念我土宇。
我生不辰，逢天僤怒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

忧心殷殷、念我土宇。
我生不辰，逢天𫢸怒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yōu xīn yīnyīn, niàn wǒ tǔyǔ.
wǒ shēng bù chén, féng tiān dàn nù. [Pinyin]

The grief of my heart is extreme, And I dwell on [the condition of] our territory.
I was born at an unhappy time, to meet with the severe anger of Heaven.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngbùféngchén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngbùféngchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengbùfóngchén
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-pu⁴-fêng²-chʻên²
  - Yale: shēng-bù-féng-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengbuferngchern
  - Palladius: шэнбуфэнчэнь (šɛnbufɛnčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: sāng bāt fùhng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ bat⁷ fung⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ bed¹ fung⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fʊŋ²¹ sɐn²¹/

Idiom

生不逢辰

to have a rough and ill-fated life

Synonyms

生不逢時／生不逢时 (shēngbùféngshí)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.