一いち栄えい一いち落らく

noun

rise and fall; vicissitudes of life

Archaic four-character compound meaning the alternating cycles of prosperity and decline. Rare in modern Japanese; mostly encountered in classical texts or literary contexts.

• 「一いち栄えい一いち落らく」は、人じん生せいの栄えい枯こ盛せい衰すいを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  一栄一落 is an old expression for the ups and downs of life.