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a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
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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
later generations
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 conduct oneself in society
the world / this world / the world of the living
to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
to pass away / to die
HSK 3
(idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
the creation of the world
peace and prosperity (idiom)
to be alive
unique / exceptional
Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
this life / this age
the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom) / fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician
universal; worldwide
to pass away / to die
HSK 7-9
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
the mundane world; the world of mortals
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
unrivalled / matchless
world-weary / pessimistic
(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
to leave this world / to die
to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs
family background
the present age / in office / the current office holder
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago)
(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)
eternal / forever
afterlife / next life
rare
to die / to pass away
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
(idiom) to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know
all ages
to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
to shun the world
to die / to leave this world
(literary) to pander to popular tastes; to conform opportunistically to prevailing trends
alone in the world (idiom)
of this world
(Buddhism) the world of the living
a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age
to be published / to come out
HSK 7-9
George I of Great Brittain
to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience
salvation
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt / History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013
statecraft
from age to age
last phase (of an age)
separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago
Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born
Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
to die / to pass away
the Third (of numbered kings)
Harald V of Norway
nowadays
(archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago)
to die / to pass away
(geology) the Holocene Epoch
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–)
the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism)
a good reputation to last a hundred generations
previous life
world-renowned
to see the world
Pax Americana
world-famous
the world of the dead
world of the living
Zurich, Switzerland
to be reincarnated
final phase / end of a historical era
Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer
to make the world a better place

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