上世 shàngshì ancient times Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shàngshì ancient times 上 shàng adjectivedeterminer last preceding; previous; used to refer to a previous time or part of a series世 shì noun era (bound form) an era; an age; a dynasty; (geology) an epochshàngshì ancestors 上 shàng adjectivedeterminer last preceding; previous; used to refer to a previous time or part of a series世 shì nounnumeral generation (bound form) a generation; a period of thirty years