人情世故 rén qíng shì gù

DEFINITIONS

  1. worldly wisdom
  2. the ways of the world
  3. to know how to get on in the world

CHARACTERS

人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
情 qíng
HSK 2
feeling, sentiment, emotion
世 shì
HSK 3
generation; world; era
故 gù
HSK 3
ancient, old; reason, because