人生

人生 rénshēng in a sentence

Life

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 9 sentences

人生 (rénshēng) means Life. Below are 9 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

人生 有很多选择。

Rénshēng yǒu hěn duō xuǎnzé.

Life offers many choices.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人生

这是他 人生 中最重要的一天。

Zhè shì tā rénshēng zhōng zuì zhòngyào de yì tiān.

This is the most important day of his life.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人生

人生 的路不会永远平坦。

Rénshēng de lù bú huì yǒngyuǎn píngtǎn.

The road of life will not always be smooth.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平坦

这是他 人生 的一个转折。

Zhè shì tā rénshēng de yí ge zhuǎnzhé.

This was a turning point in his life.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转折

毕业是 人生 的一个里程碑。

Bìyè shì rénshēng de yí ge lǐchéngbēi.

Graduation is a milestone in life.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 里程碑

人生 不可能永远一帆风顺。

Rénshēng bù kěnéng yǒngyuǎn yìfānfēngshùn.

Life cannot always be plain sailing.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一帆风顺

这场变故彻底改变了他的 人生 。

Zhè chǎng biàngù chèdǐ gǎibiàn le tā de rénshēng.

This misfortune completely changed the course of his life.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 变故

在他乡逢到老同学,真是 人生 一大幸事。

Zài tāxiāng féng dào lǎo tóngxué, zhēnshi rénshēng yí dà xìngshì.

Running into an old classmate far from home is one of life's great joys.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逢

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From the graded readers

上个月,我跑完了 人生 第一个马拉松。

shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.

Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

Questions about 人生

How is 人生 used in a sentence?

This page shows 9 sentences using 人生 (rénshēng, "Life"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 人生 an HSK word?

Yes — 人生 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 人生?

The dictionary page for 人生 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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