光陰

光陰

1. (figurative) time (the limited time available in a person's life)

   • 時人見余守孤寂，為言一生無所益。余則閒吟孤寂章，始知光陰不虛擲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时人见余守孤寂，为言一生无所益。余则闲吟孤寂章，始知光阴不虚掷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 800, Danxia Tianran, 《孤寂吟》

     Shírén jiàn yú shǒu gūjì, wèi yán yīshēng wúsuǒ yì. Yú zé xián yín gūjì zhāng, shǐ zhī guāngyīn bù xūzhì.

     When people these days see me remain in my lonesomeness, they say that I have had no profit my entire life. But when I leisurely recite my works of solitude, only then do I know I have not squandered my days.

2. (dialectal) one's life; days in one's life
3. (Dungan) time; age; era
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ясыр Шывазы (I͡asɨr Šɨvazɨ)

     Вәмўсы минда шонян / Совет гуонйиншонди, / Зэ кэхуарди гуйтўни

     Vəmwsɨ minda šoni͡an / Sovi͡ət guonyinšondi, / Ze kehuardi guytwni

     我們是命大少年 / Совет光陰上的 / 在開花兒的國土裡
     We are fortunate youths / Of the Soviet age / Within blossoming territory

4. (Classical) circumstances; conditions

• (time: the limited time in available in a person's life): (litera，ry) 日力 (rìlì), 時光／时光 (shíguāng)
• (time; age; era):

• (circumstances):

• (Tokyo) こーいん (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

光(こう)陰(いん) • (kōin) 

1. time (in a person's life)

• 光陰矢(こういんや)の如(ごと)し (kōin ya no gotoshi): time flies like an arrow