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一世人

Pronunciation

Peng'im: zêg8 si3 nang5
POJ: tse̍k-sì-nâng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: a whole lifetime, one's entire life
一世人

Southern Min colloquial idiom (cf. Hokkien chi̍t-sì-lâng); absent from standard Mandarin, which instead says 一輩子.

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