The life span of a butterfly is short.
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寿命
Traditional: 壽命
shòu mìng
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
shòu mìng · sau6 ming6 (Jyutping)
- life span
- life expectancy
- lifetime (of a machine)
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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
If you feed your dog properly, you can increase his lifespan.
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