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一生

yī shēng

2-character word

What 一生 means

1. all one's life; throughout one's life

The characters in 一生

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 他一生独身。
  Tā yīshēng dúshēn.
  He remained single all his life.
• 她一生未嫁。
  She remained unmarried all her life.

Words starting with 一生

• 一生一世yī shēng yī shìa whole lifetime (idiom); all my life

Words containing 一生

• 九死一生jiǔ sǐ yī shēngnine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
• 科学技术是第一生产力kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lìscience and technology is the number one productive force…

Sounds the same

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

• 医生doctor; medical practitioner
• 一声first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)