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HSK
century / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
World Cup
HSK 3
world / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to pass away / to die
HSK 3
worldwide / entire world
HSK 5
to be published / to come out
HSK 7-9
world-class
HSK 7-9
to pass away / to die
HSK 7-9
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
succession / inheritance / hereditary
HSK 7-9
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
microcosm / the microscopic world
to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions / frivolous
the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
Han Shichang (1897-1977), actor specializing in Kunqu opera 崑曲|昆曲
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  *世* | 世* | *世
surname Shi
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  *世* | 世* | *世
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
global warming
cosmos (Buddhism)
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
unworldly / unsophisticated
profane / secular / worldly
Esperanto
later generations
Harald V of Norway
this life / this age
to see the world / to broaden one's horizons
worldview / world outlook / Weltanschauung
to see the world
creationism
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
end of the world
people (in general); people around the world; everyone
family influential for generations / aristocratic family
world of the living
unique / exceptional
the Third (of numbered kings)
the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
to be alive
medieval / Middle Ages
World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
World of Warcraft (video game)
crown prince; heir of a noble house
world / earth
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
creation myth
family background
to make the world a better place
on earth
all ages
Zurich, Switzerland
affairs of life / things of the world
to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs
(of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
the Savior (in Christianity)
Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
world war
(literary) to pander to popular tastes; to conform opportunistically to prevailing trends
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born
to conduct oneself in society
afterlife / next life
Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
the secular world
the present age / in office / the current office holder
salvation
to die / to pass away
to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世
the world / this world / the world of the living
ukiyo-e
World Games
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
end of the century
World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会) / (old) (Tw, HK) Olympic Games
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624
World Bank
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆
worldly affairs / the ways of the world
world-famous
Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果
everywhere / across the world
World Health Organization (WHO)
last phase (of an age)
World War One

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