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현세
현세
現世
[ hyeonse ]
「명사」 Noun
• this world; real world; today's world
The world that one lives in now.
cosmos & existence
• this world; mundane world
The world that one lives in now among the three worlds in Buddhism.
Buddhism
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate
The hanja from which the word comes
現 (현)
–
to appear, to show, to reveal, present, current, now
世 (세)
–
world, generation, lifetime
Related words
현
–
current; present; existing
Neighboring words in the dictionary
현관
현금
현대
현대인
현명
현명하다
현미경
현상
현세
현실
현장
현재
현재 시제
현존
현지
현혹
현혹되다
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