水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 调整 調整 tiáo zhěng to adjust / adjustment / revision / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 活灵活现 活靈活現 huó líng huó xiàn living spirit, living image (idiom) / true to life / vivid and realistic syn 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 结构调整 結構調整 jié gòu tiáo zhěng structural adjustment 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 要花 yào huā cost; 调价 調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 调适 調適 tiáo shì to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 调幅 調幅 tiáo fú amplitude modulation (AM) / size of an adjustment syn 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 调资 調資 tiáo zī wage adjustment / to raise or lower wages 活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn 吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal / to eat / to make a living syn 生物 shēng wù organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 客厅 客廳 kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 宿舍 sù shè dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL:間|间[jian1] 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn 饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 为生 為生 wéi shēng to make a living syn 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 谋生 謀生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living syn 活人 huó rén living person 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 起居室 qǐ jū shì living room / sitting room syn 跟前 gēn qian (of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one syn 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn 生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature syn 东山再起 東山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback syn 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 朴素 樸素 pǔ sù plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous syn 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 营房 營房 yíng fáng barracks / living quarters syn 觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living 自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living syn 找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money / to earn a living 杀生 殺生 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature 生人 shēng rén stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place) syn 仿生 fǎng shēng to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism / bionic / biomimetic 实例 實例 shí lì actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance 众生 眾生 zhòng shēng all living things syn 营生 營生 yíng shēng to earn a living syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 洁身自好 潔身自好 jié shēn zì hào clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean syn 蛰伏 蟄伏 zhé fú hibernation / living in seclusion syn 阳间 陽間 yáng jiān the world of the living syn 大杂院 大雜院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 活佛 huó fó Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century syn 做活 zuò huó to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2] 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn 卖唱 賣唱 mài chàng to sing for a living 拾荒 shí huāng to glean / to collect scraps / to eke out a meager living syn 乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn 笔耕 筆耕 bǐ gēng to make a living by writing / to write (as an author) syn 兼营 兼營 jiān yíng a second job / supplementary way of making a living 活化石 huó huà shí living fossil 游子 遊子 yóu zǐ person living or traveling far from home syn 淡泊 dàn bó living a simple life syn 生活区 生活區 shēng huó qū living community 侨胞 僑胞 qiáo bāo countryman living abroad syn 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn 生活水平 shēng huó shuǐ píng living standards 生活环境 shēng huó huán jìng living environment 回族 huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China 打拼 dǎ pīn to work hard / to try to make a living 生存环境 生存環境 shēng cún huán jìng habitat / living environment 生活馆 生活館 shēng huó guǎn living museum 