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终身

zhōng shēn · zhong shen

Traditional 終身

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. lifelong
  2. all one's life
  3. marriage
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A lifetime membership

  1. Dengdeng

    健身房(jiànshēnfáng)说(shuō)办(bàn)终身(zhōngshēn)会员(huìyuán)只要(zhǐyào)两千(liǎngqiān)块(kuài)！

    The gym says a lifetime membership is only two thousand yuan.

  2. Liangliang

    终身(zhōngshēn)是(shì)一辈子(yībèizi)吗(ma)

    Lifetime means your whole life?

  3. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)每个(měigè)星期(xīngqī)都(dōu)去(qù)！

    Yes. I'll go every week.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)也(yě)办(bàn)一个(yīgè)终身(zhōngshēn)会员(huìyuán)！

    Then I'll get a lifetime membership too.

  5. Dengdeng

    等等(děngděng)，老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)这家(zhèjiā)健身房(jiànshēnfáng)才(cái)开(kāi)了(le)三(sān)个(gè)月(yuè)！

    Wait. The owner says the gym only opened three months ago.

  6. Liangliang

    所以(suǒyǐ)终身(zhōngshēn)就是(jiùshì)健身房(jiànshēnfáng)的(de)一辈子(yībèizi)！

    So lifetime means as long as the gym lives.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)画(huà)油(yóu)画(huà)，但(dàn)是(shì)我(wǒ)不(bù)想(xiǎng)拿(ná)它(tā)做(zuò)我(wǒ)的(de)终(zhōng)身(shēn)职(zhí)业(yè)。

I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by alvren · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)结(jié)婚(hūn)时(shí)承(chéng)诺(nuò)彼(bǐ)此(cǐ)终(zhōng)身(shēn)相(xiāng)伴(bàn)。

When they got married, they promised to stay together for life.

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