- 人生地不熟 rénshēngdìbùshú unfamiliarto be a stranger in a strange land; being in a new place where one knows no one and is not familiar with the surroundings
- 人生如梦 rénshēngrúmèng dreamlike lifelife is but a dream
- 人生何处不相逢 rénshēnghéchùbùxiāngféng small worldit's a small world
- 人生路不熟 rénshēnglùbùshú unfamiliarto be a stranger in a new place where everything is unfamiliar
- 人生如朝露 rénshēngrúzhāolù ephemeralhuman life is like morning dew; the ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
- 人生朝露 rénshēngzhāolù ephemeralhuman life is like the morning dew; the ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
- 人生一世，草木一春 rénshēngyīshì, cǎomùyīchūn transienceMan has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom); refers to the brevity of human existence.
