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Through the Ups and Downs of Life
同甘共苦 is a Chinese proverb that talks of “shared delights and common hardships.”
This can be translated and understood in a few different ways, including...
To share life's joys and sorrows.
For better or for worse.
Through joys and sorrows of life.
Through all life's ups and downs.
To go through thick and thin.
To stick together through thick and thin.
To share the joys and sorrows of life.
To share pleasures and pains.
To partake in each other's joys and sorrows.
To take “for better or for worse.”
Rise and Fall / Ups and Downs
Eiko-Seisui
This Japanese proverb can be translated as “flourish and wither, prosper and perish,” “life is full of fortune and misfortune,” or simply “vicissitudes of life.”
栄枯盛衰 / 榮枯盛衰 is about the rise and fall of human affairs or the ups and downs of life. Prosperity comes and goes, everything is fleeting and temporary, but like waves, another swell of prosperity may come.
Here's how the Kanji break down in this proverb:
栄 = prosper; thrive; flourish; boom.
枯 = wither; die.
盛 = prosperous; flourishing; thriving; successful; energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic.
衰 = become weaker; decline; get weak; die down; subside; abate; fail.
Notes: The original version of the first character looks like the image to the right. In modern Japan, they simplified that Kanji a bit into the version shown above. If you have a preference for which style is used for your calligraphy, please let me know when you place your order.
Apparently, with that original version of the first character, this is also used in Korean Hanja. However, I have not confirmed that
it’s
used in the same way or is widely-known in Korean.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
七転八起 see styles |
nanakorobiyaoki ななころびやおき shichitenhakki しちてんはっき |
More info & calligraphy: Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight |
数奇 see styles |
suuki; sakki / suki; sakki すうき; さっき |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful; dramatic; full of ups and downs |
曲折 see styles |
qū zhé qu1 zhe2 ch`ü che chü che kyokusetsu きょくせつ |
winding; (fig.) complicated (n,vs,vi) (1) bending; winding; meandering; zigzagging; (n,vs,vi) (2) ups and downs; twists and turns; complications; difficulties; vicissitudes serpentining |
栄枯 see styles |
eiko / eko えいこ |
vicissitudes; ups and downs |
沉浮 see styles |
chén fú chen2 fu2 ch`en fu chen fu |
lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes |
波乱 see styles |
haran はらん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) disturbance; trouble; ups and downs |
波瀾 波澜 see styles |
bō lán bo1 lan2 po lan haran はらん |
billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) (noun - becomes adjective with の) disturbance; trouble; ups and downs |
浮沈 see styles |
fuchin ふちん |
(n,vs,vi) floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs |
浮沉 see styles |
fú chén fu2 chen2 fu ch`en fu chen |
ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge |
消長 消长 see styles |
xiāo zhǎng xiao1 zhang3 hsiao chang shouchou / shocho しょうちょう |
to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow (n,vs,vi) prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning |
滄桑 沧桑 see styles |
cāng sāng cang1 sang1 ts`ang sang tsang sang |
great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2] |
盛衰 see styles |
shèng shuāi sheng4 shuai1 sheng shuai seisui / sesui せいすい |
to flourish then decline; rise and fall rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes prosperity and adversity |
興亡 兴亡 see styles |
xīng wáng xing1 wang2 hsing wang koubou / kobo こうぼう |
to flourish and decay; rise and fall rise and fall; ups and downs |
起伏 see styles |
qǐ fú qi3 fu2 ch`i fu chi fu kifuku きふく |
to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs (n,vs,vi) (1) undulation; (n,vs,vi) (2) ups and downs; highs and lows |
起落 see styles |
qǐ luò qi3 luo4 ch`i lo chi lo |
to rise and fall; takeoff and landing; ups and downs |
騰落 see styles |
touraku / toraku とうらく |
rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs |
七顚倒 see styles |
qī diān dào qi1 dian1 dao4 ch`i tien tao chi tien tao shichi tentō |
v. 顛倒; viparyaya, the seven inversions, or upside-downs, i.e. contrary or false positions — 想, 見, 心, 常無常, 苦築, 淨不淨, 我無我. |
下がり see styles |
sagari さがり |
(1) (ant: 上がり・1) fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward); (2) {sumo} string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; (3) (usu. as お下がり) (See お下がり・1,お下がり・2) food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs; (4) leaving (one's master's place for home); (n-suf,n) (5) a little after ... |
光と影 see styles |
hikaritokage ひかりとかげ |
(exp,n) (idiom) rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; light and shadow |
御下り see styles |
osagari おさがり |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) food offering to the gods; (2) leftovers; hand-me-downs |
お下がり see styles |
osagari おさがり |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) food offering to the gods; (2) leftovers; hand-me-downs |
タウンズ see styles |
daunzu ダウンズ |
(place-name) Downs; Downes |
七顛八起 see styles |
shichitenhakki しちてんはっき |
(yoji) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures |
人生盛衰 see styles |
rén shēng shèng shuāi ren2 sheng1 sheng4 shuai1 jen sheng sheng shuai |
life has its ups and downs (idiom) |
大起大落 see styles |
dà qǐ dà luò da4 qi3 da4 luo4 ta ch`i ta lo ta chi ta lo |
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom); volatile; significant ups and downs; roller coaster |
御下がり see styles |
osagari おさがり |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) food offering to the gods; (2) leftovers; hand-me-downs |
有沉有浮 see styles |
yǒu chén yǒu fú you3 chen2 you3 fu2 yu ch`en yu fu yu chen yu fu |
to have one's ups and downs |
栄枯盛衰 see styles |
eikoseisui / ekosesui えいこせいすい |
(yoji) ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune |
波乱万丈 see styles |
haranbanjou / haranbanjo はらんばんじょう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes |
波瀾万丈 see styles |
haranbanjou / haranbanjo はらんばんじょう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Through the Ups and Downs of Life | 同甘共苦 | tóng gān gòng kǔ tong2 gan1 gong4 ku3 tong gan gong ku tonggangongku | t`ung kan kung k`u tungkankungku tung kan kung ku |
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| Rise and Fall Ups and Downs | 栄枯盛衰 / 榮枯盛衰 荣枯盛衰 | ei ko sei sui eikoseisui | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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