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下世

xià shì

2-character word

What 下世 means

1. to die
2. future incarnation
3. next life
4. to be born
5. to come into the world
6. future generation

The characters in 下世

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Sounds the same

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

• 下士lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer…
• 下视to look down from above; (fig.) to look down on; to despise