前世

qiánshì
noun #20,723

Meanings

  1. 1 previous life
  2. 2 past incarnation
  3. 3 former existence

Examples

Fójiào xiāngxìn rén yǒu qiánshì hé láishì.
Buddhism believes that people have previous lives and future lives.
Tāmen shuō, yǒu yuánfèn de rén zài qiánshì jiù xiāngshí le.
They say that destined people already knew each other in a previous life.

Tips

culture
前世 is rooted in Buddhist belief in reincarnation (轮回 lúnhuí). The concept is deeply embedded in Chinese culture and appears frequently in literature, drama, and everyday speech — e.g., 前世 (a marriage destined from a past life).

Stroke Order

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