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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
壽命 shòumìng	壽命 \| 壽命* \| *壽命	life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)	寿命 HSK 5


生命 shēngmìng	生命 \| 生命* \| *生命	life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL: 個｜个, 條｜条	HSK 4


命 mìng	命 \| 命* \| *命	life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc


命名 mìngmíng	命名 \| 命名* \| *命名	to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming	HSK 6


使命 shǐmìng	使命 \| 使命* \| *使命	mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling	HSK 6


革命 gémìng	革命 \| 革命* \| *革命	revolution / revolutionary (politics) / CL: 次	HSK 6


命運 mìngyùn	命運 \| 命運* \| *命運	fate / destiny / CL: 個｜个	命运 HSK 5


命令 mìnglìng	命令 \| 命令* \| *命令	order / command / CL: 道, 個｜个	HSK 5


致命 zhìmìng	致命 \| 致命* \| *致命	fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life


維他命 wéitāmìng	維他命 \| 維他命* \| *維他命	vitamin (loanword)	维他命


算命 suànmìng	算命 \| 算命* \| *算命	fortune-telling / to tell fortune


天命 Tiānmìng	天命 \| 天命* \| *天命	Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span


任命 rènmìng	任命 \| 任命* \| *任命	to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙｜纸	HSK 6


生命科學 shēngmìngkēxué	生命科學 \| 生命科學* \| *生命科學	life sciences	生命科学


人命 rénmìng	人命 \| 人命* \| *人命	human life / CL: 條｜条


命案 mìng'àn	命案 \| 命案* \| *命案	homicide case / murder case


命脈 mìngmài	命脈 \| 命脈* \| *命脈	lifeline	命脉


性命 xìngmìng	性命 \| 性命* \| *性命	life	HSK 6


生命力 shēngmìnglì	生命力 \| 生命力* \| *生命力	vitality


拼命 pīnmìng	拼命 \| 拼命* \| *拼命	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


命題 mìngtí	命題 \| 命題* \| *命題	proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic	命题


申命記 Shēnmìngjì	申命記 \| 申命記* \| *申命記	Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses	申命记


要命 yàomìng	要命 \| 要命* \| *要命	to cause sb's death / very / extremely / frightening / annoying	HSK 6


真命 zhēnmìng	真命 \| 真命* \| *真命	to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven


保命 bǎomìng	保命 \| 保命* \| *保命	to save one's life / to survive


救命 jiùmìng	救命 \| 救命* \| *救命	to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!


命中 mìngzhòng	命中 \| 命中* \| *命中	to hit (a target)


未命名 wèimìngmíng	未命名 \| 未命名* \| *未命名	untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name


命盤 mìngpán	命盤 \| 命盤* \| *命盤	natal chart (astrology)	命盘


絕命 juémìng	絕命 \| 絕命* \| *絕命	to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short	绝命


借命 jièmìng	借命 \| 借命* \| *借命	to live out a pointless existence


喪命 sàngmìng	喪命 \| 喪命* \| *喪命	to lose one's life	丧命


致命傷 zhìmìngshāng	致命傷 \| 致命傷* \| *致命傷	mortal wound / (fig.) fatal weakness / Achilles' heel	致命伤


工業革命 Gōngyè Gémìng	工業革命 \| 工業革命* \| *工業革命	Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830	工业革命


生命週期 shēngmìngzhōuqī	生命週期 \| 生命週期* \| *生命週期	life cycle	生命周期


待命 dàimìng	待命 \| 待命* \| *待命	to be on call / to be on standby


拚命 pànmìng	拚命 \| 拚命* \| *拚命	see 拼命


方命 fāngmìng	方命 \| 方命* \| *方命	against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders


平均壽命 píngjūnshòumìng	平均壽命 \| 平均壽命* \| *平均壽命	life expectancy	平均寿命


饒命 ráomìng	饒命 \| 饒命* \| *饒命	to spare sb's life	饶命


宿命 sùmìng	宿命 \| 宿命* \| *宿命	predestination / karma


沒命 méimìng	沒命 \| 沒命* \| *沒命	to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately	没命


安非他命 ānfēitāmìng	安非他命 \| 安非他命* \| *安非他命	amphetamine (medical) (loanword)


行政命令 xíngzhèngmìnglìng	行政命令 \| 行政命令* \| *行政命令	executive order


誡命 jièmìng	誡命 \| 誡命* \| *誡命	commandment	诫命


命定 mìngdìng	命定 \| 命定* \| *命定	to be predestined


命名日 mìngmíngrì	命名日 \| 命名日* \| *命名日	name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)


命危 mìngwēi	命危 \| 命危* \| *命危	(medicine) in a critical condition


靈命 língmìng	靈命 \| 靈命* \| *靈命	the will of Heaven / the will of God	灵命


出人命 chūrénmìng	出人命 \| 出人命* \| *出人命	fatal / resulting in sb's death


索命 suǒmìng	索命 \| 索命* \| *索命	to demand sb's life


革命性 gémìngxìng	革命性 \| 革命性* \| *革命性	revolutionary


活命 huómìng	活命 \| 活命* \| *活命	life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living


非致命 fēizhìmìng	非致命 \| 非致命* \| *非致命	not fatal / not life-threatening (medical condition)


認命 rènmìng	認命 \| 認命* \| *認命	to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate / to be resigned to sth	认命


短命 duǎnmìng	短命 \| 短命* \| *短命	to die young / short-lived


奉命 fèngmìng	奉命 \| 奉命* \| *奉命	to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders


批命 pīmìng	批命 \| 批命* \| *批命	to tell sb's fortune


相依為命 xiāngyīwéimìng	相依為命 \| 相依為命* \| *相依為命	mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent	相依为命


生命線 shēngmìngxiàn	生命線 \| 生命線* \| *生命線	lifeline	生命线


逃命 táomìng	逃命 \| 逃命* \| *逃命	to escape / to flee / to run for one's life


亡命 wángmìng	亡命 \| 亡命* \| *亡命	to flee / to go into exile (from prison)


辛亥革命 Xīnhài Gémìng	辛亥革命 \| 辛亥革命* \| *辛亥革命	Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty


生命跡象 shēngmìngjìxiàng	生命跡象 \| 生命跡象* \| *生命跡象	see 生命體徵｜生命体征	生命迹象


苦命 kǔmìng	苦命 \| 苦命* \| *苦命	hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate


草菅人命 cǎojiānrénmìng	草菅人命 \| 草菅人命* \| *草菅人命	human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass / a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen


好命 hǎomìng	好命 \| 好命* \| *好命	lucky / blessed with good fortune


唯命是從 wéimìngshìcóng	唯命是從 \| 唯命是從* \| *唯命是從	to follow obediently	唯命是从


催命 cuīmìng	催命 \| 催命* \| *催命	to press sb to death / fig. to pressurize sb continually


謀財害命 móucáihàimìng	謀財害命 \| 謀財害命* \| *謀財害命	to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money	谋财害命


斃命 bìmìng	斃命 \| 斃命* \| *斃命	to meet violent death / to get killed	毙命


賣命 màimìng	賣命 \| 賣命* \| *賣命	to throw one's life in for / to haplessly give one's life for / to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group / to pour in one's utmost effort / to shed one's last ounce of strength for	卖命


命名系統 mìngmíngxìtǒng	命名系統 \| 命名系統* \| *命名系統	system of nomenclature	命名系统


命相 mìngxiàng	命相 \| 命相* \| *命相	horoscope


革命家 gémìngjiā	革命家 \| 革命家* \| *革命家	a revolutionary


受命 shòumìng	受命 \| 受命* \| *受命	ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel


命理 mìnglǐ	命理 \| 命理* \| *命理	fate / predestination / divinatory art


命中註定 mìngzhōngzhùdìng	命中註定 \| 命中註定* \| *命中註定	decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated	命中注定


國民革命軍 Guómín Gémìngjūn	國民革命軍 \| 國民革命軍* \| *國民革命軍	National Revolutionary Army	国民革命军


亡命之徒 wángmìngzhītú	亡命之徒 \| 亡命之徒* \| *亡命之徒	runaway (idiom); desperate criminal / fugitive


死命 sǐmìng	死命 \| 死命* \| *死命	doom / death / desperately


文化大革命 Wénhuà Dàgémìng	文化大革命 \| 文化大革命* \| *文化大革命	Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)


運命 yùnmìng	運命 \| 運命* \| *運命	fate / one's fortune	运命


捨命 shěmìng	捨命 \| 捨命* \| *捨命	to risk one's life	舍命


本命年 běnmìngnián	本命年 \| 本命年* \| *本命年	year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支


無生命 wúshēngmìng	無生命 \| 無生命* \| *無生命	inert / lifeless	无生命


命苦 mìngkǔ	命苦 \| 命苦* \| *命苦	to be born under an ill star


送命 sòngmìng	送命 \| 送命* \| *送命	to lose one's life / to get killed


算命者 suànmìngzhě	算命者 \| 算命者* \| *算命者	fortune-teller


命名法 mìngmíngfǎ	命名法 \| 命名法* \| *命名法	nomenclature


半條命 bàntiáomìng	半條命 \| 半條命* \| *半條命	half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death	半条命


害命 hàimìng	害命 \| 害命* \| *害命	to kill sb / to murder


救命稻草 jiùmìngdàocǎo	救命稻草 \| 救命稻草* \| *救命稻草	(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope


聽命 tīngmìng	聽命 \| 聽命* \| *聽命	to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs	听命


命令行 mìnglìngháng	命令行 \| 命令行* \| *命令行	command line (computing)


殞命 yǔnmìng	殞命 \| 殞命* \| *殞命	to die / to perish	殒命


命根子 mìnggēnzi	命根子 \| 命根子* \| *命根子	see 命根


法國大革命 Fǎguó Dàgémìng	法國大革命 \| 法國大革命* \| *法國大革命	French Revolution (1789-1799)	法国大革命


抗命 kàngmìng	抗命 \| 抗命* \| *抗命	against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders


生命在於運動 shēngmìngzàiyúyùndòng	生命…運動 \| 生命…運動* \| *生命…運動	life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.	生命在于运动

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