# 一生 (yīshēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一生 (yīshēng) means “all one's life; lifetime”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: all one's life; lifetime
- Pinyin: yīshēng (yi1 sheng1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 他一生都在努力工作。
  Tā yìshēng dōu zài nǔlì gōngzuò.
  He worked hard all his life.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-sheng-all-ones-life/

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