大千世界 (dà qiān shì jiè) — the boundless universe; the kaleidoscopic world (originally Buddhist, now figurative)

Definition

Literally 'a world of 1,000³' — originally Buddhist, now a literary phrase for the vast, endlessly varied human world.

noun
the boundless universethe kaleidoscopic world (originally Buddhist, now figurative)

Examples

  • 大千世界
    dà qiān shì jiè, Wú qí bù yǒu.
    In this boundless world, there is nothing too strange to exist.
  • 大千世界
    Tā zǒu biàn le dà qiān shì jiè, kàn jìn le rén jiān bǎi tài.
    He traveled all over the vast world and witnessed every aspect of human life.
  • 大千世界
    dà qiān shì jiè Zhōng de měi gè rén dōu yǒu zì jǐ de gù shi.
    Everyone in this kaleidoscopic world has their own story.

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