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Open the tool →夙世冤业 (sù shì yuān yè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a fated enemy from a past life”.
夙世冤业 is pronounced sù shì yuān yè in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 夙世冤业 means “Former life's karmic entanglement”. It is used to mean “a fated enemy from a past life”.
①前世的仇人。形容积怨极深。②昵称所钟爱的人。同“夙世冤家”。