有生之年
jau5 sang1 zi1 nin4yǒu shēng zhī nián
English
- (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
- in someone's lifetime
- one's remaining years
粵語 — Cantonese
- 餘生;一生人剩低嘅歲月;仲在生嘅年月
Examples
唔知我有生之年會唔會見到香港有普選呢?
I wonder whether I will live to see universal suffrage in Hong Kong.
在我有生之年,共產主義不可能達到。
Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.
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Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk