上辈子 (上輩子)
shàng bèi zi
Pinyin

Definition

上辈子 (上輩子)
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shàng bèi zi
  1. one's ancestors
  2. past generations
  3. a former incarnation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy

Sample Sentences

你果然是名副其实的猫奴！猫咪有你这样的主人真的是上辈子修来的福气。
nǐ guǒrán shì míngfùqíshí de māonú ！māomī yǒu nǐ zhèyàng de zhǔrén zhēnde shì shàng bèizi xiū lái de fúqì 。
You really are a kitty lover, in more than just name! A cat with an owner like you must have been a saint in a former life.
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