知命

zhīmìng
  1. (literary) to understand the Decree of Heaven; to know destiny
  2. (literary, idiomatic) age of fifty
  3. age of fifty
  4. to understand the Decree of Heaven; to know destiny

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 知 zhī
  1. to know
  2. to be aware
=1 知 zhì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
  2. Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
2 命 mìng
  1. life
  2. fate
  3. order or command
  4. to assign a name, title etc

Containing this entry

樂天知命 lètiānzhīmìng to be content with what one is
知命之年 zhīmìngzhīnián