He passed on quietly at his home last night.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
离世
(archaic) to live in seclusion
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(archaic) to live in seclusion
02
to pass away
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 离世 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 离世 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The loss of his mother brought him sorrow and regret.
She was filled with deep grief to hear of her father's sudden death.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 离世.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 离世.
Directly before
- 中离世1
- 突然离世1
- 前离世1
- 地离世1
- 的离世1
Directly after
- 离世了2
- 离世的1
- 离世带给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 离世
What does 离世 mean in Chinese?
离世 (líshì) means (archaic) to live in seclusion.
How do you pronounce 离世?
离世 is pronounced líshì.
Is 离世 an HSK word?
离世 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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