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century / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to pass away / to die
HSK 3
World Cup
HSK 3
world / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
worldwide / entire world
HSK 5
to be published / to come out
HSK 7-9
to pass away / to die
HSK 7-9
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
world-class
HSK 7-9
succession / inheritance / hereditary
HSK 7-9
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
to be cynical / to be embittered
the Third (of numbered kings)
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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
public morals
ukiyo-e
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
to die / to pass away
family influential for generations / aristocratic family
Esperanto
to swim with the tide (idiom)
unique / exceptional
the world of material desires (Buddhism)
medieval / Middle Ages
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
(archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
(biology) alternation of generations / (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
the world / this world / the world of the living
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
Genesis (first book of the Bible)
a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age
affairs of life / things of the world
Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)
to be alive
people (in general); people around the world; everyone
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
last phase (of an age)
later generations
(literary) to pander to popular tastes; to conform opportunistically to prevailing trends
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
world championship
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
unrivalled / matchless
all ages
to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
World Expo (abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会)
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织)
to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions / frivolous
lineage / genealogy / family tree
rare
crown prince; heir of a noble house
eternal / forever
(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
to shun the world
World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
20th century
to be reincarnated
world-famous
World Journal, US newspaper
profane / secular / worldly
salvation
the mundane world; the world of mortals
abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会, World Expo
universally shocking / to offend the whole of society
family background
World Trade Organization (WTO)
to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs
the ways of the world
devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
World Economic Forum
world-weary / pessimistic
separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
peace and prosperity (idiom)
the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
unpracticed / inexperienced / naive / unsophisticated
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
the wider world / diverse aspects of society
the ways of the world / social behavior
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
paradise (mainly Buddhist) / Elysium / (Budd.) Sukhavati
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)

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