人生(rén shēng)

HSK 42 characters

life (one's time on earth)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 人生 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 人生真是奇妙!

    rén shēng zhēn shì qí miào

    How strange life is!

  • 人生就是如此。

    rén shēng jiù shì rú cǐ

    That's life.

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