CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

有生之年

yǒushēngzhīnián

(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 有生之年 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 有生之年 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

在我有生之年，共产主义不可能达到。zài wǒ yǒu shēng zhī nián， gòng chǎn zhǔ yì bù kě néng dá dào。

Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.

在我有生之年永不可能实现共产主义。zài wǒ yǒu shēng zhī nián yǒng bù kě néng shí xiàn gòng chǎn zhǔ yì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

她最大的心愿就是在有生之年看到孙子成家立业。tā zuì dà de xīn yuàn jiù shì zài yǒu shēng zhī nián kàn dào sūn zi chéng jiā lì yè。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 有生之年.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 有生之年.

Directly before

我有生之年2
在有生之年1

Directly after

有生之年永不1
有生之年看到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 有生之年

What does 有生之年 mean in Chinese?

有生之年 (yǒushēngzhīnián) means (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years.

How do you pronounce 有生之年?

有生之年 is pronounced yǒushēngzhīnián.

Is 有生之年 an HSK word?

有生之年 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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