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the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
all one's life; throughout one's life
HSK 2
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:條|条)
HSK 3
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  *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)
HSK 2
life (one's time on earth)
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life
HSK 2
to die / to lose one's life
HSK 7-9
in those days; back then; in those years / to be in the prime of life
HSK 5
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence
life-size; life-sized
lifelong / all one's life / marriage
HSK 5
(neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观), view of life (人生觀|人生观) and value system (價值觀|价值观)
to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)
to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection
HSK 7-9
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
to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
HSK 6
the next life
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
life insurance
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
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  *CP* | CP* | *CP
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
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  *春* | 春* | *春
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life
(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
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  *世* | 世* | *世
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
human lifespan / life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险)
life sciences
shelf life / expiration date
HSK 7-9
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
to stop plowing / to give up a life in the fields
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
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
joys and sorrows / partings and reunions / the vicissitudes of life
HSK 7-9
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life
HSK 7-9
life is but a dream (idiom)
life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)
HSK 7-9
first half of one's life
sex life
life
HSK 7-9
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
all walks of life; all social circles
the daily life of a family
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
to lose one's life
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
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  *丧* | 丧* | *丧
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
throughout one's life / lifetime; lifelong
HSK 7-9
lower animal / primitive life-form
to live comfortably; to enjoy a happy life
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!
HSK 6
shelf life / freshness date
mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent
HSK 7-9
way of life / attitude / modus operandi
(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
to risk one's life
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
to take the life of a living creature
to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate / (in set phrases like 恩同再造) to save sb's life
lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities
previous life; former incarnation
to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along
HSK 7-9
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
all one's life
in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life / radiating health and vigor
life or death
HSK 7-9
lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities
firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
HSK 7-9
human life / CL: 條|条
latter half of one's life
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
to imitate to perfection / to be remarkably true to life
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
verdant / lush green and full of life
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  *虫* | 虫* | *虫
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun

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