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一世

yī shì

2-character word

What 一世 means

1. generation
2. period of 30 years
3. one's whole lifetime
4. lifelong
5. age
6. era
7. times
8. the whole world
9. the First (of numbered European kings)

The characters in 一世

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Words containing 一世

• 不可一世bù kě yī shì(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
• 乔治一世Qiáo zhì Yī shìGeorge I of Great Brittain
• 第一世界Dì yī Shì jièFirst World
• 二十一世纪èr shí yī shì jì21st century
• 人生一世，草木一春rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūnMan has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
• 聪明一世，糊涂一时cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment…
• 聪明一世，懵懂一时cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shísee 聰明一世，聪明一世，糊涂一时

Sounds the same

Read yī shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衣饰clothes and ornaments