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假:给予。天公不给以寿命。指寿命不长。
清·平步青《霞外裙屑》卷六:“予以先生此考,为一生心力所瘁,成以行世,足为读史者一助,惜天不假年,积四十六年之岁月,仅成全史三之一。”
天不假年作宾语;指寿命不长。
God doesn't give one a life long enough to accomplish one's task.