出世
chū shì
Pinyin

Definition

出世
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chū shì
  1. to be born
  2. to come into being
  3. to withdraw from worldly affairs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi
shì shàng
  1. 1 on earth
shì shì
  1. 1 affairs of life
  2. 2 things of the world
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
shì sú
  1. 1 profane
  2. 2 secular
  3. 3 worldly
shì jiā
  1. 1 family influential for generations
  2. 2 aristocratic family
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world
shì jiè guān
  1. 1 worldview
  2. 2 world outlook
  3. 3 Weltanschauung
shì jì
  1. 1 century
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time

Idioms (20)

一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公诸于世
gōng zhū yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意,攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

Sample Sentences

燕燕也是相当有想法啊,上回和她聊天,听她说她的择偶标准是出世的智者,入世的强者,或者是正常而阳光的普通人。
yànyàn yě shì xiāngdāng yǒu xiǎngfǎ ā ,shànghuí hé tā liáotiān ,tīng tā shuō tā de zé ǒu biāozhǔn shì chūshì de zhìzhě ,rùshì de qiángzhě ,huò zhě shì zhèngcháng ér yángguāng de pǔtōngrén 。
Yanyan also has some thoughts on the matter, the last time I talked to her, I heard her say that her standards for choosing a spouse involved a wise man beyond the mundane world, a strong man very much of the world or an ordinary outdoorsy bloke.