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.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
大千 'great thousand' expands 世界 into the boundless world.
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