余生

余生
shēng

the remaining years of one's life

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    the remaining years of one's life

    从现在开始到死亡之间的生活时间cóng xiànzài kāishǐ dào sǐwáng zhījiān de shēnghuó shíjiān

    • I hope to spend the rest of my life with you.

  2. noun

    survival (after a disaster)

    活下去的剩余日子;灾难后还活着的时间huó xiàqù de shèngyú rìzi;zāinàn hòu háiyǒu huózhe de shíjiān

    • He spent the rest of his life reminiscing about that disaster.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (person; human; man)RADICAL
  • (surplus; remainder (person standing under roof with excess))ASSOCIATIVE

A person inside a house with surplus is like "I"—the one remaining after giving away.

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