人生一世，草木一春

Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

life (one's time on earth)

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)

surname Shi

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

variant of 草[cao3]

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

variant of 肏[cao4]

vegetation / plants

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

old variant of 春[chun1]

surname Chun

spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life