一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 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 救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest 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 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 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 宾至如归 賓至如歸 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home syn 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of 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 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 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 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 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn 身 shēn 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 syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me! syn 难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice syn 生物 shēng wù organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life / lifetime syn 致命 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 性命 xìng mìng life syn 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 拼命 pīn mìng 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 syn 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 生死 shēng sǐ life or death syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào 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 syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn 性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn 丧命 喪命 sàng mìng to lose one's life syn 终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong syn 过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through syn 品质 品質 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) syn 送命 sòng mìng to lose one's life / to get killed syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 人命 rén mìng human life / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 逃命 táo mìng to escape / to flee / to run for one's life syn 私生活 sī shēng huó private life 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 勋爵 勳爵 xūn jué Lord (UK hereditary nobility) / UK life peer 逃生 táo shēng to flee for one's life syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 毕生 畢生 bì shēng all one's life / lifetime syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 救活 jiù huó to bring back to life syn 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending 危及 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc) syn 后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori 屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn 复生 復生 fù shēng to be reborn / to recover / to come back to life / to regenerate syn 