in the prime of one 's life

in the prime of one 's life

Spring and autumn are at their peak, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ch ū nqi ū D ǐ ngsh è ng, which means to refer to the prime of life. From new book zongshou.

Idiom explanation

Spring and Autumn: refers to the age; heyday: at the right time of prosperity. It's a metaphor for being in prime of life.

The origin of Idioms

Han Jiayi's new book zongshou: "the son of heaven is prosperous in spring and autumn. He has never done justice before, but he is more virtuous."

Idiom explanation

It means that when I was in the prime of my life and entered the palace, when I saw the peak of the king's spring and Autumn period, I didn't dare to blame the king, but I regretted that I didn't live in time! (Chapter 71 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] young and strong, young and strong; antonym] dying, candle in the wind, dying, sunset, sunset