语出《论语・为政》:“吾十有五而志于学,三十而立,四十而不惑。”三十岁始能自立于社会,并有所成就。《元・关汉卿・谢天香・第一折》:“耆卿,比及你在花街里留意,且去你那功名上用心,可不道三十而立!”
英语 thirty years of age when a man should stand on his own feet(be able to establish oneself at thirty)