人生如寄
rén​shēng​rú​jì

life is short

  • created reference approved 人生如寄 → 人生若寄 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人生如寄 rén​shēng​rú​jì

    人生若寄 rén​shēng​ruò​jì

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 人生如寄 · rén​shēng​rú​jì · life is short — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人生如寄

    rén​shēng​rú​jì

    life is short

    Life is like a temporary stay; life is brief and fleeting.

    人生 (literal) → 人生 · rén​shēng · human life 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 寄 (literal) → 寄 · jì · to stay temporarily

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense