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all one's life; throughout one's life
HSK 2
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
life (one's time on earth)
HSK 3
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life
HSK 2
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
HSK 6
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
HSK 7-9
joys and sorrows / partings and reunions / the vicissitudes of life
HSK 7-9
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
lifelong / all one's life / marriage
HSK 5
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
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  *CP* | CP* | *CP
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
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  *春* | 春* | *春
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life
long life
(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
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  *世* | 世* | *世
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)
HSK 7-9
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
to have only a breath of life (idiom)
to commit suicide; to take one's own life
career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
HSK 7-9
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
shelf life / expiration date
HSK 7-9
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life
HSK 7-9
all one's life / lifetime
first half of one's life
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
HSK 7-9
sex life
life
HSK 7-9
all walks of life; all social circles
the daily life of a family
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life
every trade; all professions; all walks of life
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent
HSK 7-9
to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!
HSK 6
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection
HSK 7-9
corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate / (in set phrases like 恩同再造) to save sb's life
all one's life
in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life / radiating health and vigor
to succeed in life / to become somebody
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
life or death
HSK 7-9
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
human life / CL: 條|条
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
to imitate to perfection / to be remarkably true to life
to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
to appreciate life
to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
affairs of life / things of the world
this life / this age
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom) / fig. to lead a life of dissipation
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
HSK 7-9
separated in life and death / to part for ever
to pledge one's life
to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined
to enjoy life / pleasures of life
life is but a dream (idiom)
to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
HSK 7-9
human life is beyond value (idiom)
lower animal / primitive life-form
to risk one's life
shelf life / freshness date
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
matter of life and death
new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
HSK 7-9
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
HSK 7-9
auspicious day / good day / happy life
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
(neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观), view of life (人生觀|人生观) and value system (價值觀|价值观)
night life
a make-or-break matter / a matter of life and death

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