畢ひっ生せい

noun, adverb

lifetime; one's whole life

Literary word meaning the entirety of one's life. Often used in set phrases like 畢生の大作 (one's life's work) or 畢生の事業 (one's life's enterprise).

• この絵えは彼かれの畢ひっ生せいの大たい作さくだ。

  This painting is his life's great work.