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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
安身立命 ānshēnlìmìng	安身立命 \| 安身立命* \| *安身立命	(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life


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 3


任命 rènmìng	任命 \| 任命* \| *任命	to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙｜纸	HSK 7-9


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


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


命中率 mìngzhònglǜ	命中率 \| 命中率* \| *命中率	hit rate / scoring rate


听天由命 tīngtiānyóumìng	听天由命 \| 听天由命* \| *听天由命	(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck	聽天由命


冒生命危险 màoshēngmìngwēixiǎn	冒生命危险 \| 冒生命危险* \| *冒生命危险	to risk one's life	冒生命危險


十月革命 Shíyuè Gémìng	十月革命 \| 十月革命* \| *十月革命	October Revolution


一命归天 yīmìngguītiān	一命归天 \| 一命归天* \| *一命归天	see 一命嗚呼｜一命呜呼	一命歸天


命 mìng	命 \| 命* \| *命	life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc	HSK 6


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


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


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


毕命 bìmìng	毕命 \| 毕命* \| *毕命	to die (in an accident etc) / to have one's life cut short	畢命


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


从命 cóngmìng	从命 \| 从命* \| *从命	to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested	從命


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


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


命不久矣 mìngbùjiǔyǐ	命不久矣 \| 命不久矣* \| *命不久矣	at death's door


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


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


命题 mìngtí	命题 \| 命题* \| *命题	proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic	命題 HSK 7-9


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


革命 gémìng	革命 \| 革命* \| *革命	to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL: 次	HSK 7-9


人命关天 rénmìngguāntiān	人命关天 \| 人命关天* \| *人命关天	human life is beyond value (idiom)	人命關天


爱财如命 àicáirúmìng	爱财如命 \| 爱财如命* \| *爱财如命	lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) / fig. avaricious / tightfisted	愛財如命


民主革命 mínzhǔgémìng	民主革命 \| 民主革命* \| *民主革命	democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)


性命 xìngmìng	性命 \| 性命* \| *性命	life	HSK 7-9


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


生命多样性 shēngmìngduōyàngxìng	生命多样性 \| 生命多样性* \| *生命多样性	biodiversity	生命多樣性


卖命 màimìng	卖命 \| 卖命* \| *卖命	to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away / to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)	賣命


镇压反革命运动 Zhènyā Fǎngémìng Yùndòng	镇压…运动 \| 镇压…运动* \| *镇压…运动	Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動｜镇反运动	鎮壓反革命運動


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


命运 mìngyùn	命运 \| 命运* \| *命运	fate; destiny / CL: 個｜个	命運 HSK 3


使命 shǐmìng	使命 \| 使命* \| *使命	mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling	HSK 7-9


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


寿命 shòumìng	寿命 \| 寿命* \| *寿命	life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)	壽命 HSK 7-9


肃反 sùfǎn	肃反 \| 肃反* \| *肃反	to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子｜肃清反革命分子)	肅反


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


惜命 xīmìng	惜命 \| 惜命* \| *惜命	to be mindful of one's health and safety


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


死于非命 sǐyúfēimìng	死于非命 \| 死于非命* \| *死于非命	violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death	死於非命


相依为命 xiāngyīwéimìng	相依为命 \| 相依为命* \| *相依为命	mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent	相依為命 HSK 7-9


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


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


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


致命 zhìmìng	致命 \| 致命* \| *致命	fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life	HSK 7-9


资产阶级革命 zīchǎnjiējígémìng	资产…革命 \| 资产…革命* \| *资产…革命	bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)	資產階級革命


一命呜呼 yīmìngwūhū	一命呜呼 \| 一命呜呼* \| *一命呜呼	to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost	一命嗚呼


一钱如命 yīqiánrúmìng	一钱如命 \| 一钱如命* \| *一钱如命	(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching	一錢如命


保命 bǎomìng	保命 \| 保命* \| *保命	to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival


命归黄泉 mìngguī Huángquán	命归黄泉 \| 命归黄泉* \| *命归黄泉	lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉｜黄泉 (idiom) / fig. to die / to meet one's end	命歸黃泉


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


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


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


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


生命线 shēngmìngxiàn	生命线 \| 生命线* \| *生命线	lifeline	生命線 HSK 7-9


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


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


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


玩儿命 wánrmìng	玩儿命 \| 玩儿命* \| *玩儿命	to gamble with life / to take reckless risks	玩兒命


临危受命 línwēishòumìng	临危受命 \| 临危受命* \| *临危受命	(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis	臨危受命


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


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


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


星命家 xīngmìngjiā	星命家 \| 星命家* \| *星命家	astrologer (esp. Daoist)


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)


命名 mìngmíng	命名 \| 命名* \| *命名	to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming	HSK 7-9


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


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


算命先生 suànmìngxiānsheng	算命先生 \| 算命先生* \| *算命先生	fortune-teller


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


革命先烈 gémìngxiānliè	革命先烈 \| 革命先烈* \| *革命先烈	martyr to the revolution


受命于天 shòumìngyútiān	受命于天 \| 受命于天* \| *受命于天	to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven	受命於天


命题逻辑 mìngtíluóji	命题逻辑 \| 命题逻辑* \| *命题逻辑	propositional logic	命題邏輯


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


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


命门 mìngmén	命门 \| 命门* \| *命门	(TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point	命門


二次革命 Èrcì Gémìng	二次革命 \| 二次革命* \| *二次革命	Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱｜袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords


克他命 kètāmìng	克他命 \| 克他命* \| *克他命	ketamine (loanword)


命途坎坷 mìngtúkǎnkě	命途坎坷 \| 命途坎坷* \| *命途坎坷	to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life


宿命论 sùmìnglùn	宿命论 \| 宿命论* \| *宿命论	fatalism / fatalistic	宿命論


爱之如命 àizhīrúmìng	爱之如命 \| 爱之如命* \| *爱之如命	to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself	愛之如命


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	HSK 7-9


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


生命不息，战斗不止 shēngmìngbùxī, zhàndòubùzhǐ	生命…不止 \| 生命…不止* \| *生命…不止	while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last	生命不息，戰鬥不止


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


光荣革命 Guāngróng Gémìng	光荣革命 \| 光荣革命* \| *光荣革命	Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)	光榮革命


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


捐命 juānmìng	捐命 \| 捐命* \| *捐命	to lay down one's life


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


无生命 wúshēngmìng	无生命 \| 无生命* \| *无生命	non-living; inanimate; lifeless	無生命


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


耳提面命 ěrtímiànmìng	耳提面命 \| 耳提面命* \| *耳提面命	to give sincere advice (idiom) / to exhort earnestly


八字命理 bāzìmìnglǐ	八字命理 \| 八字命理* \| *八字命理	divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date


拼命三郎 pīnmìngsānláng	拼命三郎 \| 拼命三郎* \| *拼命三郎	brave man, willing to risk his life


偿命 chángmìng	偿命 \| 偿命* \| *偿命	to pay with one's life	償命


命令列 mìnglìngliè	命令列 \| 命令列* \| *命令列	command line (computing) (Tw)


授命 shòumìng	授命 \| 授命* \| *授命	to give orders

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