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to exist / to be / existence
HSK 3
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
HSK 7-9
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful
to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
to depend on sth for existence / dependent on
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence
to remain in existence / to retain
bane of others' existence
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
sense of presence; sense of existence
lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom) / fig. timeless; unfading
plane (of existence)
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain
(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor
bane of one's existence / vile spawn
theism (the belief in the existence of God)
precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
to live out a pointless existence


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