终身

zhōng shēn · zhong shen

Traditional 終身

Meaning

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  1. lifelong
  2. all one's life
  3. marriage

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)画(huà)油(yóu)画(huà),但(dàn)是(shì)我(wǒ)不(bù)想(xiǎng)拿(ná)它(tā)做(zuò)我(wǒ)的(de)终(zhōng)身(shēn)职(zhí)业(yè)。

I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by alvren · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)结(jié)婚(hūn)时(shí)承(chéng)诺(nuò)彼(bǐ)此(cǐ)终(zhōng)身(shēn)相(xiāng)伴(bàn)。

When they got married, they promised to stay together for life.

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