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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
active / lively / excited / to enliven / to brighten up
HSK 6
energy / vitality / vigor / vital force
HSK 5
lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive
HSK 5
happy / cheerful
HSK 5
flexible / nimble / agile
HSK 6
alive
to be really busy / pressing business
HSK 7-9
living animals
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
calendar of events
(banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)
HSK 7-9
sports / sporting activity
charity event / public service activities
sex life
to survive (a serious accident) / survival
to work; to be employed
work / (lots of) things to do
HSK 7-9
to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection
HSK 7-9
vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
HSK 7-9
activity center / CL: 處|处
place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
labor / physical work
to appreciate life
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
seismic zone / earthquake belt
(med.) survival rate / (med.) recovery rate
living standards
to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death
piston
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋 (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)
night life
current account (in bank)
clandestine activities / covert operation
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
living museum
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
survival rate / rate of success
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
what the hell; preposterous
domestic garbage
daily active users (of a website, service etc)
(neologism c. 2006) if you live long enough, you'll see everything / Just incredible!
live poultry
appreciation of the finer things in life
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
living body / live specimen
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively
(coll.) bravo / nice one / lovely
life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living
noose / running knot
demand deposit (abbr. for 活期存款)
to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
while still alive / simply / totally
way of life / lifestyle
economic activity
free time (between organized activities)
to survive
to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
(coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should
HSK 7-9
to activate
HSK 7-9
to revitalize (assets, resources etc)
to enliven / to invigorate / to revitalize
live target / target (of criticism etc)
behavior / conduct
private life
living person
movable type
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer
flexibility
lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
activated oxygen species (AOS)
to capture alive
living facilities
social activity
to support one's family (idiom)
political life
(chemistry) activity / active / activated
life's necessities
half dead / more dead than alive
to live one's life / to make a living
Easter
zombie
(medicine) vital capacity
active volcano
volcanic activity / volcanism
arrogant appearance / smug appearance / to act condescending / to put on airs
see 活像
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋
(of an enzyme, microorganism, catalyst etc) to lose biological or chemical activity; to become inactivated
walking dictionary / well-informed person
to harvest (an organ) from a living person

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