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去世

qùshì

to pass away

A person beside a memorial candle
Memory picture

Characters in this word

去 qù

Strokes
5
Radical
厶 — private, secret
Made of
土 soil, earth 厶 private, secret

世 shì

Strokes
5
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 世

Example phrases

  • 爷爷去世了。 Yéye qùshì le. Grandpa passed away.
  • 她去年去世。 Tā qùnián qùshì. She passed away last year.
  • 他去世很久。 Tā qùshì hěn jiǔ. He passed away long ago.

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