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有生之年

yǒu shēng zhī nián

4-character word

What 有生之年 means

1. idiomduring one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years

The characters in 有生之年

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 年niányear