人世 (rén shì) — the human world, the mortal world (as opposed to heaven or the afterlife)

Definition

Examples

• 他对人世的苦难有很深的体会。
  Tā duì rén shì de kǔ nàn yǒu hěn shēn de tǐ huì.
  He has a deep understanding of the sufferings of the human world.
• 人世间的聚散离合，都是缘分。
  rén shì Jiān de jù sàn lí hé, dōu shì yuán fèn.
  The meetings and partings in this mortal world are all fate.
• 他早已看破人世，选择隐居山林。
  Tā zǎo yǐ kàn pò rén shì, xuǎn zé yǐn jū shān lín.
  He had already seen through the human world and chose to live in seclusion in the mountains.

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