this corrupt world; world of the living; fleeting life
A literary or Buddhist-influenced expression referring to the transient, impure world of human existence, often contrasted with a pure land or afterlife.
He left the corrupt world behind and began training deep in the mountains.
As long as we live in this world of the living, suffering is unavoidable.
Compound of 塵 (ちり, 'dust, impurity') and 世 (よ, 'world'), literally 'world of dust'. The expression reflects Buddhist views of the material world as impure and transient.