生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student 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 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) syn 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 生物 shēng wù organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 生意 shēng yì life force / vitality syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice 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 难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life 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 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 性福 xìng fú (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn 家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn 送死 sòng sǐ to throw away one's life 无精打采 無精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 真人版 zhēn rén bǎn real-life version (of some imaginary character) 廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 英年 yīng nián the prime of one's life / youthful years 绝命 絕命 jué mìng to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short 送命 sòng mìng to lose one's life / to get killed syn 低保真 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi 不食人间烟火 不食人間煙火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ otherworldly / detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life 命根 mìng gēn lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) syn 寒窗 hán chuāng a life of strenuous studies (idiom) 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 千锤百炼 千錘百鍊 qiān chuí bǎi liàn after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life syn 小日子 xiǎo rì zi simple life syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 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 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 避风头 避風頭 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down) 三百六十行 sān bǎi liù shí háng all walks of life (idiom) / every trade syn 折寿 折壽 zhé shòu to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc) 气息奄奄 氣息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn to have only a breath of life (idiom) syn 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) 蹲伏 dūn fú to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn 正当年 正當年 zhèng dāng nián to be in the prime of life syn 殉节 殉節 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn 生死 shēng sǐ life or death syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 致命 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life syn 过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 今生 jīn shēng this life syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me! syn 低端 dī duān low-end 终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong syn 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life / lifestyle 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 青山 qīng shān green hills / (the good) life syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low 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 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 年月 nián yuè months and year / time / days of one's life syn 逼真 bī zhēn lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn 