世界
Meanings
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- 1.world
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Wiktionary
- 1.world
- 2.realm governed by a Buddha
- 3.space, universe
- 4.the World
- 5.place, territory
- 6.extremely; super
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Etymology
Coined by Buddhist translators (c. 3rd century) to translate Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “world”). In its original Buddhist sense, the word encompassed a range of spatial meanings from a 小世界 (xiǎo shìjiè, “minor world”) with a single sun and moon to the billion-world 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè, “trichiliocosm”). Its modern sense dates from Japanese 世(せ)界(かい) (sekai) re-adaptation of the word in the nineteenth century and it has since largely displaced the classical 天下 (tiānxià, “all-under-Heaven”) in general usage.
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Example sentences
世界真美好。
The world is beautiful.
我要環遊世界。
I want to travel around the world.
爱让世界转动。
Love makes the world go round.
我是世界公民。
I'm a citizen of the world.
上帝创造了世界
God created the world.
世界上都是白痴。
The world is full of fools.
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