一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night 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 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night 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 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 夜色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil 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 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 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row 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 半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night 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 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night 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 当夜 當夜 dàng yè that very night / the same night syn 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn 夜行 yè xíng night walk / night departure / nocturnal 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 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 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening 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 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night 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 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 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 夜晚 yè wǎn night / 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 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 性命 xìng mìng life syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night / overnight 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 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes / pajamas syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life 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 深夜 shēn yè very late at night 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 黑夜 hēi yè night 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 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 夜班 yè bān night shift syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) 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 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 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn 