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厌世

yàn shì

2-character word Traditional 厭世

What 厌世 means

1. world-weary
2. pessimistic

The characters in 厌世

• 厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Sounds the same

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

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