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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
后天 hòutiān	后天 \| 后天* \| *后天	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	後天 HSK 1


生 shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student	HSK 2


日子 rìzi	日子 \| 日子* \| *日子	day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life	HSK 2


一生 yīshēng	一生 \| 一生* \| *一生	all one's life; throughout one's life	HSK 2


生活 shēnghuó	生活 \| 生活* \| *生活	to live / life / livelihood	HSK 2


难过 nánguò	难过 \| 难过* \| *难过	to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult	難過 HSK 2


时代 shídài	时代 \| 时代* \| *时代	age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個｜个	時代 HSK 3


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


人生 rénshēng	人生 \| 人生* \| *人生	life (one's time on earth)	HSK 3


品质 pǐnzhì	品质 \| 品质* \| *品质	character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)	品質 HSK 4


终身 zhōngshēn	终身 \| 终身* \| *终身	lifelong / all one's life / marriage	終身 HSK 5


当年 dāngnián	当年 \| 当年* \| *当年	in those days; back then; in those years / to be in the prime of life	當年 HSK 5


牺牲 xīshēng	牺牲 \| 牺牲* \| *牺牲	to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice	犧牲 HSK 6


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


养老 yǎnglǎo	养老 \| 养老* \| *养老	to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement	養老 HSK 6


轨道 guǐdào	轨道 \| 轨道* \| *轨道	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	軌道 HSK 6


救命 jiùmìng	救命 \| 救命* \| *救命	to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!	HSK 6


生物 shēngwù	生物 \| 生物* \| *生物	organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個｜个	HSK 7-9


复活 fùhuó	复活 \| 复活* \| *复活	to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection	復活 HSK 7-9


生涯 shēngyá	生涯 \| 生涯* \| *生涯	career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life	HSK 7-9


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


生死 shēngsǐ	生死 \| 生死* \| *生死	life or death	HSK 7-9


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


生平 shēngpíng	生平 \| 生平* \| *生平	life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life	HSK 7-9


新生 xīnshēng	新生 \| 新生* \| *新生	new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student	HSK 7-9


谋害 móuhài	谋害 \| 谋害* \| *谋害	to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life	謀害 HSK 7-9


终生 zhōngshēng	终生 \| 终生* \| *终生	throughout one's life / lifetime; lifelong	終生 HSK 7-9


逼真 bīzhēn	逼真 \| 逼真* \| *逼真	lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly	HSK 7-9


危及 wēijí	危及 \| 危及* \| *危及	to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)	HSK 7-9


画龙点睛 huàlóngdiǎnjīng	画龙点睛 \| 画龙点睛* \| *画龙点睛	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	畫龍點睛 HSK 7-9


逃生 táoshēng	逃生 \| 逃生* \| *逃生	to flee for one's life	HSK 7-9


人事 rénshì	人事 \| 人事* \| *人事	personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life	HSK 7-9


丧生 sàngshēng	丧生 \| 丧生* \| *丧生	to die / to lose one's life	喪生 HSK 7-9


悲欢离合 bēihuānlíhé	悲欢离合 \| 悲欢离合* \| *悲欢离合	joys and sorrows / partings and reunions / the vicissitudes of life	悲歡離合 HSK 7-9


要强 yàoqiáng	要强 \| 要强* \| *要强	eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded	要強 HSK 7-9


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


养活 yǎnghuo	养活 \| 养活* \| *养活	to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth	養活 HSK 7-9


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


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


绘声绘色 huìshēnghuìsè	绘声绘色 \| 绘声绘色* \| *绘声绘色	vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic	繪聲繪色 HSK 7-9


保质期 bǎozhìqī	保质期 \| 保质期* \| *保质期	shelf life / expiration date	保質期 HSK 7-9


各奔前程 gèbènqiánchéng	各奔前程 \| 各奔前程* \| *各奔前程	each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead	HSK 7-9


生前 shēngqián	生前 \| 生前* \| *生前	(of a deceased) during one's life / while living	HSK 7-9


穿小鞋 chuānxiǎoxié	穿小鞋 \| 穿小鞋* \| *穿小鞋	lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb	HSK 7-9


过不去 guòbuqù	过不去 \| 过不去* \| *过不去	to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through	過不去 HSK 7-9


过日子 guòrìzi	过日子 \| 过日子* \| *过日子	to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along	過日子 HSK 7-9


世 shì	世 \| 世* \| *世	life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble


身 shēn	身 \| 身* \| *身	body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158


虫 chóng	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	蟲


学名 xuémíng	学名 \| 学名* \| *学名	scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students	學名


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


春 chūn	春 \| 春* \| *春	spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life


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


年月 niányuè	年月 \| 年月* \| *年月	months and year / time / days of one's life


丧 sàng	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	喪


辈子 bèizi	辈子 \| 辈子* \| *辈子	all one's life / lifetime	輩子


长生 chángshēng	长生 \| 长生* \| *长生	long life	長生


日月 rìyuè	日月 \| 日月* \| *日月	the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood


今生 jīnshēng	今生 \| 今生* \| *今生	this life


家常 jiācháng	家常 \| 家常* \| *家常	the daily life of a family


过活 guòhuó	过活 \| 过活* \| *过活	to live one's life / to make a living	過活


漂浮 piāofú	漂浮 \| 漂浮* \| *漂浮	to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial


各界 gèjiè	各界 \| 各界* \| *各界	all walks of life; all social circles


烈 liè	烈 \| 烈* \| *烈	ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements


身世 shēnshì	身世 \| 身世* \| *身世	one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history


写生 xiěshēng	写生 \| 写生* \| *写生	to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing	寫生


余生 yúshēng	余生 \| 余生* \| *余生	the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)	餘生


画图 huàtú	画图 \| 画图* \| *画图	to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)	畫圖


做活 zuòhuó	做活 \| 做活* \| *做活	to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋｜围棋


救生 jiùshēng	救生 \| 救生* \| *救生	to save a life / life-saving


折寿 zhéshòu	折寿 \| 折寿* \| *折寿	to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)	折壽


留白 liúbái	留白 \| 留白* \| *留白	to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)


延年益寿 yánniányìshòu	延年益寿 \| 延年益寿* \| *延年益寿	to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life	延年益壽


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


扑救 pūjiù	扑救 \| 扑救* \| *扑救	firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)	撲救


享乐 xiǎnglè	享乐 \| 享乐* \| *享乐	to enjoy life / pleasures of life	享樂


世事 shìshì	世事 \| 世事* \| *世事	affairs of life / things of the world


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


寿 shòu	寿 \| 寿* \| *寿	long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary	壽


淡泊 dànbó	淡泊 \| 淡泊* \| *淡泊	living a simple life


延寿 Yánshòu	延寿 \| 延寿* \| *延寿	Yanshou county in Harbin 哈爾濱｜哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / to extend life	延壽


生意 shēngyì	生意 \| 生意* \| *生意	life force / vitality


上岸 shàng'àn	上岸 \| 上岸* \| *上岸	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)


起居 qǐjū	起居 \| 起居* \| *起居	everyday life / regular pattern of life


来生 láishēng	来生 \| 来生* \| *来生	next life	來生


天职 tiānzhí	天职 \| 天职* \| *天职	vocation / duty / mission in life	天職


风花雪月 fēnghuāxuěyuè	风花雪月 \| 风花雪月* \| *风花雪月	wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life	風花雪月


人寿 rénshòu	人寿 \| 人寿* \| *人寿	human lifespan / life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險｜人寿保险)	人壽


赶海 gǎnhǎi	赶海 \| 赶海* \| *赶海	(dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life	趕海


失足 shīzú	失足 \| 失足* \| *失足	to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life


水灵 shuǐlíng	水灵 \| 水灵* \| *水灵	(of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous	水靈


复生 fùshēng	复生 \| 复生* \| *复生	to be reborn / to recover / to come back to life / to regenerate	復生


异物 yìwù	异物 \| 异物* \| *异物	rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form	異物


法轮 Fǎlún	法轮 \| 法轮* \| *法轮	the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism	法輪


永生 yǒngshēng	永生 \| 永生* \| *永生	to live forever / eternal life / all one's life


今世 jīnshì	今世 \| 今世* \| *今世	this life / this age


性福 xìngfú	性福 \| 性福* \| *性福	(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life


杀生 shāshēng	杀生 \| 杀生* \| *杀生	to take the life of a living creature	殺生


来世 láishì	来世 \| 来世* \| *来世	afterlife / next life	來世


寿险 shòuxiǎn	寿险 \| 寿险* \| *寿险	life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險｜人寿保险)	壽險

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