He remained single all his life.
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一生
yī shēng
HSK 3.0 · 2
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yī shēng · jat1 sang1 (Jyutping)
- all one's life; throughout one's life
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I've been careful my whole life.
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