历经 lìjīng to experience
to experience; to go through
How to remember 历经: 历 experience + 经 go through = to experience.
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How it is used
- To go through / undergo (a long or hard process) - 历经艰辛 (lìjīng jiānxīn) endure hardships, 历经十年 (lìjīng shí nián) after passing through ten years.
- Stresses passing through an extended, often difficult experience; more literary than 经历 (jīnglì), which is also the noun 'experience'.
- Written/formal register, common in narratives of struggle.