一世
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Definitions
- 1. generation
- 2. period of 30 years
- 3. one's whole lifetime
- 4. lifelong
- 5. age
- 6. era
- 7. times
- 8. the whole world
- 9. the First (of numbered European kings)
Words Containing 一世
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
to consider oneself unexcelled in the world
21st century
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
George I of Great Brittain
see 聰明一世,糊塗一時|聪明一世,糊涂一时[cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí]
even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)