trần gian

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 塵間, composed of 塵 (“dust; filth”) and 間 (“realm; domain”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˨˩ zaːn˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈəŋ˦˩ jaːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈəŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˧˧] === Noun === trần gian (literary) the world of mortals, as opposed to the world of the dead underneath and the world of the gods above Synonyms: trần thế, cõi đời, cõi trần, hạ giới địa ngục trần gian ― hell on earth === See also === bụi trần (“all the filth of the mortal world”) hồng trần (“the lust of humanity”) cát bụi (“sand and dust; part of the Earth”) thế gian (“the world”) nhân gian (“the human world”) địa ngục (“hell”) thiên giới (“the heavenly world”)