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亂世

简乱世 · 繁亂世

Mandarin · pinyin luàn shì

the world in chaos
troubled times
(in Buddhism) the mortal world

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世: shì · generation; world; era
乱: luàn · confusion, state of chaos, revolt

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4–4 · luan4 shi4

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lyun6 sai3

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noun

(literary) unsettled and chaotic times

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