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世事

shì shì

2-character word

What 世事 means

1. affairs of life
2. things of the world

The characters in 世事

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 世事如棋局。
  Shìshì rú qíjú.
  Life is like a game of chess.

Sounds the same

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

• 逝世to pass away; to die
• 事事everything
• 世世from age to age
• 事势state of affairs