welt·an·schau·ung /ˈvɛltˌɑnˌʃaʊəŋ/
  世界觀
  Welt·an·schau·ung n.; pl. Weltanschauungen .  Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.
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  Weltanschauung
       n : a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn: world
           view]