生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 出生 chū shēng to be born syn 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 诞生 誕生 dàn shēng to be born syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 爱因斯坦 愛因斯坦 ài yīn sī tǎn Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 降生 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader) syn 生成 shēng chéng to generate / to produce / to form / to be formed / to come into being / to be born with / to be blessed with syn 寄生 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 独居 獨居 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence 土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn 生人 shēng rén stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place) syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware) 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 六一儿童节 六一兒童節 liù yī ér tóng jié Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 孽 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn 胞 bāo placenta / womb / born of the same parents syn 生就 shēng jiù to be born with / to be gifted with syn 聩 聵 kuì born deaf / deaf / obtuse syn 非婚生 fēi hūn shēng born out of wedlock / illegitimate 李远哲 李遠哲 lǐ yuǎn zhé Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 萧乾 蕭乾 xiāo qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator 陈香梅 陳香梅 chén xiāng méi Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2] 初生之犊不畏虎 初生之犢不畏虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth 肖伯纳 肖伯納 xiāo bó nà Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright 过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn 住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 享受 xiǎng shòu to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 居住 jū zhù to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in syn 童话 童話 tóng huà children's fairy tales 独处 獨處 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other) 鬼混 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 同居 tóng jū to live together / to cohabit syn 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 实践 實踐 shí jiàn practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint 子女 zǐ nǚ children / sons and daughters syn 求生 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 跟前 gēn qian (of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one syn 生机 生機 shēng jī opportunity to live / hope of success / vigor / vitality syn 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion syn 实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn 痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at / to live in (temporarily) syn 实弹 實彈 shí dàn live ammunition 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 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 相安无事 相安無事 xiāng ān wú shì (idiom) to live together in harmony syn 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 滑梯 huá tī (children's) sliding board / a slide 火线 火線 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire syn 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn 偷生 tōu shēng to live without purpose syn 存亡 cún wáng to live or die / to exist or perish syn 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life syn 寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn 群居 qún jū to live together (in a large group or flock) syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn syn 生养 生養 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear syn 带电 帶電 dài diàn to be electrified / to be charged / to be live 安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) syn 保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 