人寰

rénhuán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the human world
  2. 2 the world of the living

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lǎorén jiǔshíbā suì shí ānxiáng de líkāi le rénhuán.
The old man left this world peacefully at ninety-eight.
HSK 7-9
Zài 《 Chánghèn Gē 》 lǐ, Yáng Guìfēi cóng xiānshān shàng huítóu xià wàng rénhuán, què kànbujiàn Cháng'ān.
In the Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Yang Guifei looks back down at the human world from the fairy mountain, but cannot see Chang'an.

Tips

usage
Literary, and found mostly in two set phrases: 惨绝人寰 "tragic beyond anything in the human world", reserved for atrocities, and 撒手人寰 "to let go of the human world", a solemn way to say someone died.

Stroke Order

人 rén
寰 huán