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HSK
to fall ill
HSK 1
to get angry; to be furious / vitality; liveliness
HSK 1
birthday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
to exist / to survive
HSK 3
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
business / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 3
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being / to be born with; to be blessed with
HSK 5
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
HSK 7-9
to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life
HSK 7-9
physiology
HSK 7-9
ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment) / ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment) / (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 數字生態|数字生态 "digital ecosystem")
HSK 7-9
life or death
HSK 7-9
to give birth to; to bear / fertility
HSK 7-9
opportunity to live; hope of success / vigor; vitality
HSK 7-9
stiff / harsh
HSK 7-9
lifeline
HSK 7-9
career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
HSK 7-9
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
raw lacquer
life cycle
(of metal) to rust; to become rusty / (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)
biological weapon
biological weapon
biochemistry
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
unfamiliar / rarely seen
birth rate
fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place)
habitat
living museum
fresh ginger
biochemistry
appreciation of the finer things in life
to reproduce / to flourish
biological
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
full of life / violent / brave / fresh (of seafood)
full of life / exuberant
supply of students / source of students
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
starch solution (cooking)
to emit light
instant noodles (old)
life force / vitality
livelihood
raw oyster
pig iron
new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
biological father
to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce
to return alive / to survive
biodiesel
biota
lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens
to give birth to a child or children
live pig; pig on the hoof
raw meat
to make a fire; to light a fire
fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
to emerge and grow / to develop
to make money
a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament
matter of life and death
birthday
natural mother / birth mother
unprocessed medicinal herb
separated in life and death / to part for ever
biotechnology / abbr. for 生物技術|生物技术 / (Tw) abbr. for 生物科技
cornflour / starch powder (cooking)
to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
(of food) raw or cold
to make trouble
to eat raw
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively
(Tw) student affairs (school office handling discipline and student counseling) (abbr. for 生活教育)
natural disposition
life's necessities
knack of doing business / business sense
to grow and multiply without end
to take root
unripe / tart / not fully proficient / somewhat shaky
to capture alive
unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed
matter of life and death
unboiled water
lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time

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