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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[shì]
  1. 1. noun [生] life
    afterlife
  2. 2. noun [代] generation
    family feud
  3. 3. noun [时期] age
    century
  4. 4. noun [世界] world
    in this world

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[shì]
  1. 1. noun lifetime; life
    all one's life
  2. 2. noun generation
    第七十后裔
    descendants of the 70th generation
  3. 3. noun from generation to generation; through generations
    hereditary rank or nobility
  4. 4. noun used in terms of address among old family friends
    伯(叔)
    uncle (friend of one's father)
  5. 5. noun age; era
  6. 6. noun the world
    公之于
    make known to the world; reveal to the public
  7. 7. noun epoch

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[shì]
  1. 1. 父子相承而形成的辈分,一就是一代
    第十
    代相传
    代代。
  2. 2. 一代又一代;代代
    交。
  3. 3. 称有交情谊的
    兄。
  4. 4. 人的一生
    今生今
    不忘
  5. 5. 时代
    当今之
  6. 6. 天下;社会
    公之于
    闻名
  7. 7. 地质年代分期的第四级。在纪以下,跟年代地层单位中的"统"相对应。

Examples

他天资过人, 并无双。
He is a very gifted person, a rare genius. 并世
这么难的数学题你都能解出来, 你真是华罗庚再
Being able to solve such a difficult math problem, you are really another Hualuogeng. 再世
无双。 并世
姻缘。 再世
everything under the sun
上万物 sun

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