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  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
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  *住* | 住* | *住
to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
HSK 1
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
HSK 4
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
HSK 7-9
opportunity to live; hope of success / vigor; vitality
HSK 7-9
vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
HSK 7-9
to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along
HSK 7-9
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  *处* | 处* | *处
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
to settle down / to live peacefully
to be electrified; to be charged; to be live
scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳 in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 lived as a young man
to live one's life / to make a living
(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland
(archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
live show venue
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
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  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
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  *CJB* | CJB* | *CJB
(Internet slang) doesn't live up to the hype
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
to live in seclusion
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon
to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)
to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
to live together / to cohabit
Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent; (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia
to live to the (ripe) age of
to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic
to live away from home
living body / live specimen
to live together (in a large group or flock)
to die young / short-lived
live pig; pig on the hoof
to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter
to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion / to retire
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee
to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself
(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn.
to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
to live frugally
to live in seclusion / reclusive / hermit / recluse
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream
lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
to live or die / to exist or perish
(idiom) to live together in harmony
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
live ammunition
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
to live independently / to live on one's own
to live without purpose
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life
to live like a prince (idiom)
to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
to stay at / to live in (temporarily)
to live up to expectations (idiom)
the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land
may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country

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