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偷生

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Pīnyīn
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to live without purpose

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
偷
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *偷* | 偷* | *偷
11画
to steal, burglar, thief
2822.1
OOMN
生
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *生* | 生* | *生
5画
life, living, lifetime; birth
2510.0
HQM

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
偷生
to live without purpose
偷
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偷* | 偷* | *偷
to steal / (bound form) thief / (bound form) secretly; on the sly
 生
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)