人间

• 拼音: rén jiān
• 汉字拆解: 人 = pictograph of person; 间 = 门 + 日, between/space

含义

The human world; earth; mortal realm. The world where humans live, often contrasted with heaven or the afterlife.

Literary/poetic: 人间仙境 (paradise on earth), 人间烟火 (worldly life/food), 不食人间烟火 (otherworldly). Often in expressions about life, suffering, or beauty.

例句

1. 这里风景如画，简直是人间仙境。
2. 她经历了人间最大的痛苦。
3. 人间自有真情在。

用法指南

语境: poetry, philosophy, emotion

语气: poetic

正确说法

• 人间值得。(Life is worth living.)
• 人间四月天。(April in the human world — describing beautiful spring.)

错误说法

• 我住在人间。(Too literary for stating where you live — just say 我住在...)

起源与历史

人 (rén, person) + 间 (jiān, between/among). Among humans; the human realm.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal