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Chinese
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life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime |
happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
simp. and trad.
(世故)
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世
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故
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故世
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Pronunciation
Noun
世故
- ways of the world
- (archaic) livelihood
- (archaic) accident; mishap
- (archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war
- (archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
Synonyms
- 生活 (shēnghuó)
- 生涯 (shēngyá)
- 生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
- 生計 / 生计 (shēngjì)
- 生路 (shēnglù)
- 飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)
Adjective
世故
- shrewd; canny; slick and sly
Synonyms
- 刁 (diāo)
- 刁滑 (diāohuá)
- 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
- 刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
- 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
- 古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
- 圓泛 / 圆泛 (yenn2 fan4) (Xiang)
- 圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
- 圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn2 fan4) (Xiang)
- 奸宄 (Hokkien)
- 奸巧 (Hokkien)
- 奸狡
- 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
- 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
- 姦刁 / 奸刁 (1ke-tiau) (Wu)
- 姦詐 / 奸诈 (jiānzhà)
- 油滑 (yóuhuá)
- 滑
- 滑頭 / 滑头 (huátóu)
- 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
- 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
- 狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
- 狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
- 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
- 詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
- 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
- 陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam1 sap1) (Cantonese)
- 陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
- 頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)
Derived terms