Word Meaning 七転八起

しちてんはっき shichitenhakki

七転八起 is read as しちてんはっき (shichitenhakki) and means the vicissitudes of life.

Meaning

English

  1. the vicissitudes of life
  2. ups and downs in life
  3. not giving up
  4. keeping at it until one succeeds
  5. falling seven times, getting up eight times

Reading

Kana

しちてんはっき

Romaji

shichitenhakki

Writing Variants

  • 七転び八起き ななころびやおき nanakorobiyaoki
  • 七転八起 ななころびやおき nanakorobiyaoki
  • 七顛八起 しちてんはっき shichitenhakki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo Proverb Rank 98883 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七転八倒

しちてんばっとう

tossing oneself about in great pain

七花八裂

しちかはちれつ

being torn to pieces

七難八苦

しちなんはっく

a series of disasters

起承転結

きしょうてんけつ

introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry)

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

転んでも只は起きぬ

ころんでもただはおきぬ

all's grist that comes to his mill

七夕

しちせき

Star Festival (held in July or August)