先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂

sin1 tin1 haa6 zi1 jau1 ji4 jau1 ，hau6 tin1 haa6 zi1 lok6 ji4 lok6

to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]{ngok6 joeng4 lau4 gei3} by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]{faan6 zung6 jim1})

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Meanings

  1. to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]{ngok6 joeng4 lau4 gei3} by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]{faan6 zung6 jim1})

Written Forms

先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂Traditional · Main Form
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐Alternate Form

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