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HSK
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 pass away / to die
HSK 7-9
to be published / to come out
HSK 7-9
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
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
world-class
HSK 7-9
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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
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
Esperanto
this life / this age
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
to die / to pass away
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
people (in general); people around the world; everyone
family influential for generations / aristocratic family
to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions / frivolous
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
unique / exceptional
the Third (of numbered kings)
the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
to be alive
medieval / Middle Ages
World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
unrivalled / matchless
profane / secular / worldly
worldview / world outlook / Weltanschauung
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
world record
world-weary / pessimistic
all ages
later generations
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
end of the world
a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age
Zurich, Switzerland
affairs of life / things of the world
to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs
the Savior (in Christianity)
to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
world war
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born
to conduct oneself in society
afterlife / next life
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
the secular world
the present age / in office / the current office holder
salvation
to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世
the world / this world / the world of the living
ukiyo-e
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
end of the century
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
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
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
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
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
to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
(idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs
Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)
World Trade Center
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years
Third World
microcosm / the microscopic world
world-renowned
to see the world / to broaden one's horizons
karmic retribution within one's lifetime
(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
Gone with the Wind (film)
First World
public morals

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