Pictographic: Three leaves on a branchRadical:

meaning for shì:

  • - life
  • - age
  • - generation
  • - era
  • - world
  • - lifetime
  • - epoch
  • - descendant
  • - noblecentury
  • - Classifiers: 个 world
  • - Classifiers: 个 World Cupto pass away
  • - to dieto pass away
  • - to die

wǒmen我们
xūyào需要
shìjiè世界
xūyào需要
yīgè一个
xīnxīnxiàngróng欣欣向荣
ér
fēi
gǒuhuó苟活
shì
de
měiguó美国

We need, and the world needs, an America that is thriving not just surviving.