the way to get on in the world; ways of conducting oneself in society ❍ 只不过要他们经验人世间的种种事故，把他们自己的心思气力同它们发生交涉，从中获得一些根本的～的能力罢了。(叶圣陶《倪焕之》232) All he wanted was that they should get a foretaste of some of the things they would come up against in the adult world so that they could apply their minds and energy to them and in so doing acquire some attitude for making a way for themselves in the world and living in it.
立身处世li shen chu shi
the way one gets along with the world
立身处世lì shēn chǔ shì
指人在社会上待人接物的活动。get on in the world, the way one conducts oneself in society, get on in life, behave oneself, conduct oneself in society