c'est la vie
exclamation
uk/ˌseɪ lə ˈviː/us/ˌseɪ lə ˈviː/used to say thatsituationsof thattypehappeninlife, and you cannot do anything about them:
生活就是如此，这就是生活I can't go to thegameonSaturday- I've got towork. Oh well, c'est la vie.周六我不能去看比赛——我得去上班。哎，这就是生活。
Foreign words & phrases used in English
- al fresco
- aloha
- aloo
- alu
- Angrez
- carillon
- coda
- coup de théâtre
- en passant
- je ne sais quoi
- magnum opus
- mot juste
- ombudsman
- ooh la la
- oy
- passim
- primo
- rondo
- Schadenfreude
- troupe
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