Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 世


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Meaning

epoch, generation, lifetime, age

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Left: corner , right: twenty 廿

Mnemonic

Go around the corner for twenty times and you are in a (different) epoch.

Radicals

epoch, generation, age
corner
廿 twenty
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Vocabulary

在世 zài shì to be alive
逝世 shì shì to pass away; to die
徐世昌 Xú Shì chāng Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
世纪末 shì jì mò end of the century
世界观 shì jiè guān worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
世纪 shì jì century
世界 shì jiè world
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World
愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú to be cynical; to be embittered

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