五ご十じゅう知ち命めい

expression

at fifty, one knows Heaven's will

A yojijukugo derived from Confucius, expressing the idea that by age fifty one understands the decrees of Heaven or the natural order. Used in literary or philosophical contexts.

• 五ご十じゅう知ち命めいは、五ご十じゅっ歳さいで天てん命めいを知しるという意い味みだ。

  五十知命 means knowing Heaven's will at fifty.

• 五ご十じゅう知ち命めいという言こと葉ばは、人じん生せいの節ふし目めを表あらわす。

  The phrase 'gojū chimei' represents a milestone in life.