出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第27页（213字）
形容人生短暂，例他年方三十，正是旭日东升的时候，前途无量，但却骤然去世，使人不由得有人生朝露之感!
He was but thirty with all before him when he suddenly died．One realizes that life is as transient as the clouds．