粵

有jau5生sang1之zi1年nin4

jau5 sang1 zi1 nin4yǒu shēng zhī nián

English

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

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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