生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 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 饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living 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 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 谋生 謀生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living syn 生计 生計 shēng jì livelihood syn 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills syn 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 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals syn 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals syn 登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn 财路 財路 cái lù livelihood 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 基本技能 basic skills 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 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) 生活资料 生活資料 shēng huó zī liào consumer goods / means of livelihood / means of subsistence / documents relating to sb's life syn 面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills 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 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 大放异彩 大放異彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill 用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 zá qī zá bā an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills) syn 衣食父母 yī shí fù mǔ the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 不减当年 不減當年 bù jiǎn dāng nián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever syn 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade) 民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom) / a time of famine and impoverishment 砚田 硯田 yàn tián ink stone / writing as a livelihood 埃塞俄比亚生计和粮食安全新联盟 New Coalition for Livelihood and Food Security in Ethiopia 生计保障 生計保障 shēng jì bǎo zhàng livelihood security 人权、财产生计保障、可持续发展讲习班 人權、財產生計保障、可持續發展講習班 Workshop on Human Rights, Assets and Livelihood Security, and Sustainable Development 外交手腕 wài jiāo shǒu wàn diplomatic skills 做功夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 做工夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater 打把势 打把勢 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off 西艺 西藝 xī yì Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how 语文能力 language skills 代表技巧培训 dài biǎo jì qiǎo péi xùn representational skills 转用技能 transfer of skills 成人识字和生活技能调查 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 沟通技能 gōu tòng jì néng communications skills 更新技能 upgrading skills 工作人员技能 gōng zuò rén yuán jì néng staff skills 督导技能 督導技能 dū dǎo jì néng supervisory skills 联合国维持和平技能中心 聯合國維持和平技能中心 United Nations Peacekeeping Skills Centre 特别驾驶技术 特別駕駛技術 driving specialist skills 管理技能 guǎn lǐ jì néng management skills 交流技巧 jiāo liú jì qiǎo communication skills 先进技能和技术 先進技能和技術 advanced skills and technology 联合国发展遥感技能和知识国际专家会议 聯合國發展遙感技能和知識國際專家會議 International Meeting of Experts on the Development of Remote Sensing Skills and Knowledge 计算机技能 計算機技能 computer skills 生活技能教育 Life Skills-Based Education 家庭技能 family skills 与性别有关的技能 與性別有關的技能 gender-derived skills 因性别而分的技能 因性別而分的技能 gender-derived skills 为人父母的技巧 為人父母的技巧 parenting skills 谋职技能单元 謀職技能單元 Modules of Employable Skills 发展遥感技能和知识国际专家会议 發展遙感技能和知識國際專家會議 International Meeting of Experts on the Development of Remote-Sensing Skills and Knowledge 技能发展促进自力更生 技能發展促進自力更生 Skills Development for Self-Reliance 非洲就业和技能方桉 非洲就業和技能方案 Jobs and Skills Programme for Africa 语文和交流技巧学习方桉 語文和交流技巧學習方案 Language and Communication Skills Learning Programme 技能可转用性 技能可轉用性 transferability of skills 谋职技能单元方桉 謀職技能單元方案 modules of employable skills programme 职业技术培训项目 職業技術培訓項目 vocational skills training project 管理技巧方桉 管理技巧方案 Management Skills Programme 半桶水 bàn tǒng shuǐ (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler 床技 chuáng jì skills in bed / sexual prowess 武勇 wǔ yǒng military skills / valor / valorous 秦越人 qín yuè rén Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills 艺多不压身 藝多不壓身 yì duō bù yā shēn it's always good to have more skills (idiom) 小试牛刀 小試牛刀 xiǎo shì niú dāo to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) syn 教师爷 教師爺 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others 听说读写 聽說讀寫 tīng shuō dú xiě listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills) 舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4]) syn 德艺双馨 德藝雙馨 dé yì - shuāng xīn (idiom) possessing both integrity and artistic skills syn 炫技 xuàn jì to show off one's skills / to put on a dazzling display of one's talents 踢馆 踢館 tī guǎn to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field 车技 車技 chē jì driving skills 偷师 偷師 tōu shī to steal techniques / to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods 