Life is like a game of chess.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
世事
affairs of life
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
affairs of life
02
things of the world
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 世事 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 世事 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 世事.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 世事.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 世事变幻无常1
- 世事如1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 世事
What does 世事 mean in Chinese?
世事 (shìshì) means affairs of life.
How do you pronounce 世事?
世事 is pronounced shìshì.
Is 世事 an HSK word?
世事 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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