末世

mòshì
noun #29,680

Meanings

  1. 1 end times
  2. 2 last days
  3. 3 the final age
  4. 4 apocalyptic era

Examples

Zhè bù xiǎoshuō miáoshù le mòshì hòu de shìjiè.
This novel describes a post-apocalyptic world.
Yǒuxiē rén xiāngxìn wǒmen zhèng chǔyú mòshì.
Some people believe we are living in the end times.

Tips

usage
末世 can refer to the final declining phase of a dynasty or era in classical Chinese, as well as the modern pop-culture sense of post-apocalyptic settings (末世小说 = post-apocalyptic fiction).

Stroke Order

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