一生 (yìshēng) means Lifetime (all one's life). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 一生 都在为正义奋斗。
Tā yìshēng dōu zài wèi zhèngyì fèndòu.
He fought for justice all his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正义
他 一生 致力于教育事业。
Tā yìshēng zhìlì yú jiàoyù shìyè.
He devoted his life to education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 致力
他 一生 都在为公平而斗争。
Tā yìshēng dōu zài wèi gōngpíng ér dòuzhēng.
He struggled for fairness all his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斗争
他把 一生 献给了教育事业。
Tā bǎ yìshēng xiàn gěi le jiàoyù shìyè.
He devoted his life to the cause of education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事业
他 一生 留下了十几部著作。
Tā yìshēng liúxià le shí jǐ bù zhùzuò.
He left more than a dozen works behind him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 著作
他用 一生 的努力报答了母亲。
Tā yòng yìshēng de nǔlì bàodá le mǔqīn.
He repaid his mother with a lifetime of effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报答
他把 一生 奉献给了教育事业。
Tā bǎ yìshēng fèngxiàn gěi le jiàoyù shìyè.
He devoted his whole life to education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奉献
这是他 一生 中最光辉的时刻。
Zhè shì tā yìshēng zhōng zuì guānghuī de shíkè.
This was the most glorious moment of his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 光辉
这本书凝聚了他 一生 的心血。
Zhè běn shū níngjù le tā yìshēng de xīnxuè.
This book embodies a lifetime of his effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝聚
他的启蒙老师影响了他 一生 。
Tā de qǐméng lǎoshī yǐngxiǎng le tā yìshēng.
His first teacher influenced his whole life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 启蒙
小说描写了主人公悲惨的 一生 。
Xiǎoshuō miáoxiě le zhǔréngōng bēicǎn de yìshēng.
The novel depicts the tragic life of its protagonist.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悲惨
他为了崇高的理想奋斗了 一生 。
Tā wèile chónggāo de lǐxiǎng fèndòu le yìshēng.
He struggled all his life for a lofty ideal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崇高
他 一生 都在研究这段革命历史。
Tā yìshēng dōu zài yánjiū zhè duàn gémìng lìshǐ.
He spent his life studying this period of revolutionary history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 革命
他把 一生 献给了祖国的教育事业。
Tā bǎ yìshēng xiàn gěi le zǔguó de jiàoyù shìyè.
He devoted his life to his country's education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 祖国
他用 一生 的努力赢得了村民的爱戴。
Tā yòng yìshēng de nǔlì yíngdé le cūnmín de àidài.
He won the villagers' esteem through a lifetime of effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爱戴
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How is 一生 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 一生 (yìshēng, "Lifetime (all one's life)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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