前世
qián shì
Pinyin

Definition

前世
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qián shì
  1. previous generations
  2. previous incarnation (Buddhism)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
乱世
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
前
qián
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 ahead
  4. 4 first
  5. 5 top (followed by a number)
  6. 6 future
  7. 7 ago
  8. 8 before
  9. 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10 former
  11. 11 formerly

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
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

Sample Sentences

喝一碗孟婆汤吧，一喝便可忘了前世今生。一生的爱恨情仇、浮沉得失，都会随着这碗孟婆汤而过去。
hē yì wǎn mèngpótāng ba ，yì hē biàn kě wàng le qiánshì jīnshēng 。yìshēng de àihènqíngchóu 、fúchéndéshī ，dōuhuì suí zhe zhè wǎn mèngpótāng ér guòqù 。
Have a bowl of Mengpo soup, one taste will make you forget this incarnation. All your attachments and grudges, all the ups and downs, the gains and losses, will all pass away along with this soup.
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我怎么知道的，我刚刚都告诉你啦，你不要不信邪，我做这行太久了，一眼就能看穿一个人的前世今生，何况是你这样一点小事。
wǒ zěnme zhīdào de ，wǒ gānggāng dōu gàosu nǐ la ，nǐ bù yào bùxìnxié ，wǒ zuò zhè háng tài jiǔ le ，yī yǎn jiù néng kàn chuān yī ge rén de qiánshì jīnshēng ，hékuàng shì nǐ zhèyàng yīdiǎn xiǎoshì 。
How did I know? I just told you. You shouldn't be so skeptical, I've been in this business for too long, I can read people's former and current lives just with one glance, so this small issue of yours is nothing in comparison.
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