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to get angry; to be furious / vitality; liveliness
HSK 1
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
birthday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
to exist / to survive
HSK 3
to fall ill
HSK 1
business / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 3
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being / to be born with; to be blessed with
HSK 5
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
to eat raw
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
menstrual leave (Tw)
life sciences
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
HSK 7-9
(Tw) life skills education; education in practical, emotional, social and moral aspects of daily living
physiology
HSK 7-9
biopolymers
habitat; living environment
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
biologist
reproductive system
fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
biotechnology
lifeline
HSK 7-9
biotechnology
to give birth to a baby
biochemist
biodiversity
life or death
HSK 7-9
raw oyster
vitality
biology
biological weapon
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
organism
physiology
ecosystem
biomedical engineering
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
to give birth to; to bear / fertility
HSK 7-9
birthday card
living standards
manufacturing ability / production capacity
productive labor
biodiesel
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
biodiversity
thriving and prosperous business or trade
ecosystem / natural environment
unfamiliar / rarely seen
biochemistry
hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic
from birth / by one's nature
raw silk
production costs
(environmental science) biochemical oxygen demand; BOD
(of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
HSK 7-9
growth hormone
(biology) reproductive isolation
ecologist
to bear and raise children
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
domestic garbage
full of life / exuberant
full of vitality
biotechnology / abbr. to 生技
way of life / lifestyle
biological clock
producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc) / manufacturer / (biology) autotroph
to emerge and grow / to develop
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 / animal from the Chinese zodiac
fertility / ability to have children
ecosphere
life force / vitality
natural mother / birth mother
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
(biology) the biological world; the realm of living organisms
(of metal) to rust; to become rusty / (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively
life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life
HSK 7-9
biofuel
Happy birthday
production capability / productive force / productivity
consumer goods / means of livelihood / means of subsistence / documents relating to sb's life
bioengineering / genetic engineering
(Tw) ecosystem
to reproduce / to flourish
to make a fire; to light a fire
pan-fried dumpling
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
birthday

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