Examples

我今年八十岁了，希望能在有生之年看到祖国统一的实现。

I'm eighty now. I hope I shall live to see the reunification of our country. → 有生之年

在有生之年，希望还能见她一面。 → 有生之年

老人渴望能在有生之年去趟海南。 → 渴望

他想到自己在父亲的有生之年没有对父亲好好照顾就愧痛不已。

He is agonized with shame when remembering that he did not take good care of his father in his final years. → 愧痛

有生之年 → 生

有生之年。 → 有生

有生之年还要发挥余热。 → 有生之年

My mother hopes she would live to meet my children.

我母亲希望能够在她有生之年抱上孙子。 → live

Marx did not live to see his ideas carried out in his own lifetime.

马克思在自己的有生之年没有看到自己的思想成现实。