生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn 成人识字和生活技能调查 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft) 郑码 鄭碼 zhèng mǎ Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3] 以名册为基础的人员配置流程 roster-based staffing process / roster-based staffing system 开放和有规则的贸易制度第9工作队 開放和有規則的貿易制度第9工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems / Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems 循证数据 循證數據 evidence-based data / evidence-based information 循证信息 循證信息 evidence-based data / evidence-based information 性暴力和性别暴力问题联合方桉 性暴力和性別暴力問題聯合方案 United Nations / Government of Liberia Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence / Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 社区妇女训练和教育促进会 Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn 延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life syn 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom) 死中求生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life 生命的遗迹 生命的遺跡 shēng mìng de yí jì trace of life / vestige of life 年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span 浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 寿命周期分析 life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis 生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure 生命网倡议 生命網倡議 shēng mìng wǎng chàng yì Life Web Initiative / Life Web 有效寿命 有效壽命 useful life component / useful life 命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life 寿考 壽考 shòu kǎo long life / life span 起居作息 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life 夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life 威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order 望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn 家庭生活教育 family life education 保健和家庭生活教育方桉 保健和家庭生活教育方案 Health and Family Life Education Programme 教育促进生活 education for life 青年与家庭生活教育网 青年與家庭生活教育網 Youth and Family Life Education Network 终生教育 終生教育 life-long education 育乐 育樂 yù lè (Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐[jiao4 yu4 yu3 yu2 le4]) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行[shi2 yi1 zhu4 xing2] / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation) 素质教育 素質教育 sù zhì jiào yù all-round education (contrasted with 應試教育|应试教育[ying4 shi4 jiao4 yu4], exam-oriented education) 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 网络教育 網絡教育 virtual education / online education 特殊教育 tè shū jiào yù special education / special-needs education 中等教育 zhōng děng jiào yù secondary education / middle school education 政教 zhèng jiào church and state / government and education / political education 初等教育 chū děng jiào yù primary education / junior school education 在线教育 在線教育 virtual education / online education 教育部长 教育部長 jiào yù bù zhǎng Minister of Education / Director of Education Department 通识课程 通識課程 tōng shí kè chéng general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum 预备教育 remedial education / preparatory education 会计教育 accountancy education / accounting education 初级教育和两性平等问题第3工作队 初級教育和兩性平等問題第3工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality / Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality 九个发展中人口大国全民教育高峰会议 九個發展中人口大國全民教育高峰會議 Education for All Summit of Nine High-Population Developing Countries / E-9 Summit / Education for All Summit 九个人口大国全民教育高峰会议 九個人口大國全民教育高峰會議 Education for All Summit of Nine High-Population Developing Countries / E-9 Summit / Education for All Summit E-9峰会 E-9峰會 Education for All Summit of Nine High-Population Developing Countries / E-9 Summit / Education for All Summit UMTAPO中心所属和平教育中心 UMTAPO中心所屬和平教育中心 UMTAPO Centre - Peace Education Centre / Peace Education Centre 达喀尔全民教育行动框架 達喀爾全民教育行動框架 Dakar Framework for Action: Education For All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments / Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All 虚拟教育 虛擬教育 virtual education / online education 教育问题机构间工作组 教育問題機構間工作組 Inter-Agency Task Team on Education / IATT on Education 人权教育和训练数据库 人權教育和訓練數據庫 Database on Human Rights Education and Training / Database on Human Rights Education 人权教育数据库 人權教育數據庫 Database on Human Rights Education and Training / Database on Human Rights Education 公民教育 civic education / citizenship education 通才教育 tōng cái jiào yù liberal education / general education 思政 sī zhèng ideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育[si1 xiang3 zheng4 zhi4 jiao4 yu4]) (state-directed education in China aimed at promoting Marxism, patriotism and socialist values, particularly in schools and universities – also, more broadly, ideological guidance in workplaces, media and public discourse) 锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals syn 基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 基本技能 basic skills 登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn 不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike 扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era 三脚猫 三腳貓 sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) 面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills syn 花拳绣腿 花拳繡腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery 传艺 傳藝 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art 