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盛世

shèng shì

2-character word

What 盛世 means

1. a flourishing period
2. period of prosperity
3. a golden age

The characters in 盛世

• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Words containing 盛世

• 太平盛世tài píng shèng shìpeace and prosperity (idiom)
• 康乾盛世kāng qián shèng shìbooming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)

Sounds the same

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

• 盛事grand occasion
• 圣事Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Catholic); also called 圣礼 by Protestants