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來世

简来世 · 繁來世

Mandarin · pinyin lái shì

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loi4 sai3

Cantonese word readings for 來世. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(obsolete) future eras; future generations
(Buddhism) the future world; the next world; the world to come; the afterlife; the next life