Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

有生之年

yǒushēngzhīnián

ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

  1. 1(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
Example

在我有生之年,共產主義不可能達到。

zài wǒ yǒushēngzhīnián gòngchǎnzhǔyì bùkěnéng dádào

Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.

Keep 有生之年 and it comes back until you know it.

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