生涯
shēng yá
Pinyin

Definition

生涯
 - 
shēng yá
  1. career
  2. life (way in which sb lives)
  3. period of one's life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

早就辞职不干了呗，现在我已经在一家外企开始全新的职业生涯了。
zǎo jiù cízhí bù gàn le bēi ，xiànzài wǒ yǐjīng zài yī jiā wàiqǐ kāishǐ quánxīn de zhíyè shēngyá le 。
I quit ages ago. Now I'm at a foreign-owned company starting a new chapter in my career.
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