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有生之年

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
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    Origin

    The phrase is composed of four characters. The character 有 means to have or to possess when a subject is present. It contains the phonetic component 又 and the semantic components 肉 (meat; flesh) and 月 (moon). The character 生 means to live, to subsist, or to exist, formed with the components 屮 (new birth of plant) and 一 (one).

    Completing the phrase, 之 means to go and is formed with the components 止 (foot) and 一 (one). The character 年 refers to a year in generic contexts, consisting of the semantic component 禾 (grain; cereal) and the phonetic component 人 (man; person; people). Together, these elements denote the years one has remaining to live.

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    「有生之年」由四個漢字組成。其中「有」表示擁有或具有（當主體存在時），其字形包含表示「肉」或「月」的意義成分，以及表示「又」的聲音成分。「生」表示生存、存在或生活，由「屮」（植物新生的樣子）與「一」組成。「之」表示「去」，字形包含「止」（腳）與「一」。「年」指一般的年份，由「禾」（穀物）作為意義成分，並以「人」作為聲音成分。

    這個詞組透過這些單字組合，用來描述一個人剩餘的生命歲月。

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    Lineage

    • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
      • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
      • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
      • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
    • characterChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
      • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • characterChinese之 “to go”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • characterChinese年 “year (in generic contexts)”
      • meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
      • soundChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
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    Meanings

    phrase
    1. one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

    國語辭典 definitions

    1. 存活的歲月。通常指餘生而言。 例：他有生之年最大的願望是可以環遊世界。

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    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0