"such is life" meaning in English

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  1. Used to express the acceptance of misfortune in one's life. Synonyms: c'est la vie, that's life, that's life, so is life [archaic] Related terms: it is what it is Translations (used to express the acceptance of misfortune): kështu e ka jeta (Albanian), هكذا الدنيا (Arabic), asina ye la vida (Asturian), horrela da bizitza (Basque), horrelakoa da bizitza (Basque), тако́е жыццё́ (takóje žyccjó) (Belarusian), такъ́в е живо́тът (takǎ́v e živótǎt) (Bulgarian), així és la vida (Catalan), 這就是生活 (Chinese Mandarin), 这就是生活 (zhè jiùshì shēnghuó) (Chinese Mandarin), 生活就是這樣 (Chinese Mandarin), 生活就是这样 (shēnghuó jiùshì zhèyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), takový je život (Czech), to je život (Czech), sådan er livet (Danish), c'est la vie (Danish), zo is het leven (Dutch), elämä on (Finnish), sellaista elämä on (Finnish), minkäs teet (Finnish), c’est la vie (Finnish), c’est la vie (French), la vie est ainsi faite (French), ასეთია ცხოვრება (asetia cxovreba) (Georgian), so ist das Leben (German), έτσι είναι η ζωή (étsi eínai i zoḯ) (Greek), אֵלֶּה הַחַיִּים (ele hakhayim) (Hebrew), ilyen az élet (Hungarian), svona er lífið (Icelandic), begitulah hidup (Indonesian), sin an saol (Irish), così è la vita (Italian), che sarà sarà (note: not grammatically correct in Italian) (Italian), a suh it guh (Jamaican Creole), a suh di ting set (Jamaican Creole), 人生はそういうものだ (jinsei wa sō iu mono da) [informal] (Japanese), 人生はそういうものです (jinsei wa sō iu mono desu) (Japanese), それが人生 (sore ga jinsei) (alt: それがじんせい) (Japanese), 仕方がない (shikata ga nai) (Japanese), しょうがない (shō ga nai) (english: it can't be helped) (Japanese), 그게 인생이야 (geuge insaeng'iya) (Korean), ita vita (Latin), هِكِّي الدِّنْيَا (Libyan Arabic), toks gyvenimas (Lithuanian), toks jau gyvenimas (Lithuanian), so is dat Leven [German-Low-German] (Low German), таков е животот (takov e životot) (Macedonian), амьдрал бол амьдрал (amʹdral bol amʹdral) (Mongolian), iiná ʼéí ʼákótʼé (Navajo), sånn er livet (Norwegian), زندگی همینه (zendegi hamine) (Persian), دنیا همینه دیگه (donyâ hamine dige) (Persian), زندگی همین است (zendegi hamin ast) (Persian), samo życie (Polish), assim é a vida (Portuguese), asta-i viața (Romanian), такова́ жизнь (taková žiznʹ) (Russian), такав је живот [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), takav je život [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), taký je život (Slovak), tako je življenje (Slovene), así es la vida (Spanish), es lo que hay (Spanish), hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo (Swahili), sånt är livet (Swedish), işte hayat (Turkish), hayat böyle (Turkish), hayat böyledir (Turkish), olur böyle şeyler (Turkish), таке́ життя́ (také žyttjá) (Ukrainian), fel'na mae hi (Welsh)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "sådan er livet"
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          "word": "zo is het leven"
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          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "elämä on"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "sellaista elämä on"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "minkäs teet"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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          "word": "so ist das Leben"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "étsi eínai i zoḯ",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "έτσι είναι η ζωή"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ele hakhayim",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "ilyen az élet"
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          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "begitulah hidup"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "così è la vita"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "note": "not grammatically correct in Italian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "che sarà sarà"
        },
        {
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "a suh it guh"
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          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "a suh di ting set"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "jinsei wa sō iu mono da",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jinsei wa sō iu mono desu",
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          "word": "人生はそういうものです"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "sore ga jinsei",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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          "roman": "shikata ga nai",
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          "english": "it can't be helped",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "geuge insaeng'iya",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "그게 인생이야"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "ita vita"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "toks gyvenimas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "toks jau gyvenimas"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "so is dat Leven"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "takov e životot",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "таков е животот"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "amʹdral bol amʹdral",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "амьдрал бол амьдрал"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "iiná ʼéí ʼákótʼé"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "sånn er livet"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zendegi hamine",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "زندگی همینه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "donyâ hamine dige",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "دنیا همینه دیگه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zendegi hamin ast",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "زندگی همین است"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "samo życie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "assim é a vida"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "asta-i viața"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "taková žiznʹ",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "такова́ жизнь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "такав је живот"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "takav je život"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "taký je život"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "tako je življenje"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "así es la vida"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "es lo que hay"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "sånt är livet"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "işte hayat"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "hayat böyle"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "hayat böyledir"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "olur böyle şeyler"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "také žyttjá",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "таке́ життя́"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
          "word": "fel'na mae hi"
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      "word": "així és la vida"
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      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
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      "roman": "zhè jiùshì shēnghuó",
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      "word": "这就是生活"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "生活就是這樣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēnghuó jiùshì zhèyàng",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "生活就是这样"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "takový je život"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "to je život"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "sådan er livet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "c'est la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "zo is het leven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "elämä on"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "sellaista elämä on"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "minkäs teet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "c’est la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "c’est la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "la vie est ainsi faite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "asetia cxovreba",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "ასეთია ცხოვრება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "so ist das Leben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "étsi eínai i zoḯ",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "έτσι είναι η ζωή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ele hakhayim",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "אֵלֶּה הַחַיִּים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "ilyen az élet"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "svona er lífið"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "begitulah hidup"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "sin an saol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "così è la vita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "not grammatically correct in Italian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "che sarà sarà"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "a suh it guh"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "a suh di ting set"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jinsei wa sō iu mono da",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "人生はそういうものだ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jinsei wa sō iu mono desu",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "人生はそういうものです"
    },
    {
      "alt": "それがじんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sore ga jinsei",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "それが人生"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikata ga nai",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "仕方がない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "it can't be helped",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shō ga nai",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "しょうがない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geuge insaeng'iya",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "그게 인생이야"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "ita vita"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "toks gyvenimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "toks jau gyvenimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "so is dat Leven"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "takov e životot",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "таков е животот"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "amʹdral bol amʹdral",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "амьдрал бол амьдрал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "iiná ʼéí ʼákótʼé"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "sånn er livet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zendegi hamine",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "زندگی همینه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "donyâ hamine dige",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "دنیا همینه دیگه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zendegi hamin ast",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "زندگی همین است"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "samo życie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "assim é a vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "asta-i viața"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "taková žiznʹ",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "такова́ жизнь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "такав је живот"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "takav je život"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "taký je život"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "tako je življenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "así es la vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "es lo que hay"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "sånt är livet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "işte hayat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "hayat böyle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "hayat böyledir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "olur böyle şeyler"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "také žyttjá",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "таке́ життя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "used to express the acceptance of misfortune",
      "word": "fel'na mae hi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "such is life"
}

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