百岁光阴如过客 百歲光陰如過客 百歲光陰如過客

a hundred years of life are like a passing traveller

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Life is short and passes quickly, like a traveller going by. Reflective, a reminder to value time.
Simplified
百岁光阴如过客
Traditional (Taiwan)
百歲光陰如過客
Pinyin
bǎisuì guāngyīn rú guòkè
Bopomofo
ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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