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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

一生 [yìshēng]
  1. 1. all one's life; throughout one's life;life;lifetime

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

一生 [yìshēng]
  1. 1. 从出生到死亡的全部时间;有时夸张表示生命途程中的很长一段时间
    一生坎坷。
    他把一生献给了祖国的石油事业。

Examples

她的一生是短暂而光荣的一生
Her life was short but glorious.
一生饱经沧桑。
She has experienced the vicissitudes of life.
我父亲一生辛苦,奔走于外。
My father had a hard life going from place to place all the year round.
一生就写过这两部书,此外没有别的著作了。
Besides these two books, he didn't produce any other work during his lifetime.
一生淡泊,生活简朴。
All through the years he led a simple life without worldly desires.
舒伯特短促的一生里,六百多首歌曲从他的笔端流泻出来。
During Schubert's brief life, more than 600 songs poured from his pen.
光辉的一生
a glorious life
辉煌的一生
a glorious life
她的一生给毁了。
She was ruined for life.
文章集纳了他一生的经历。
The article described all his life experiences.

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