Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
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this life / this age
the mundane world / the world of mortals
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[]
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[])
(one's) inner world
world's first
(idiom) to announce to the world / to make public / to let everyone know
to be reincarnated
a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
creation myth
creationism
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
to travel around the world
four generations under one roof (idiom)
previous life
peace and prosperity (idiom)
final phase / end of a historical era
alone in the world (idiom)
macrocosm / the world in the large
the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
family background
previous life
(law) absolute rights / erga omnes rights
of this world
parallel universe
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
the microscopic world / the realm of structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago
see 恍如隔世[]
practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
peerless talent (idiom) / incomparable artistic merit
to die / to pass away
salvation
nowadays
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
to leave this world / to die
paradise (mainly Buddhist) / Elysium / (Budd.) Sukhavati
(idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion / to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27