生ㄕㄥshēng於ㄩˊyú憂ㄧㄡyōu患ㄏㄨㄢˋhuàn，死ㄙˇsǐ於ㄩˊyú安ㄢān樂ㄌㄜˋlè

人在憂患中能發憤圖強而得以生存，處於順境易沉湎於安樂而招致滅亡。《孟子·告子下》：「然後知生於憂患而死於安樂也。」宋·陸九淵〈與蘇宰書〉：「屯難困頓者，乃所以成君子之美也，故曰生於憂患而死於安樂。」

英to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom), life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure