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 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear 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 漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn 家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn 送死 sòng sǐ to throw away one's life 真人版 zhēn rén bǎn real-life version (of some imaginary character) 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 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 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 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) 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 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 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 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 今生 jīn shēng this life syn 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 终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong syn 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life / lifestyle 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 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 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 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 对价 對價 duì jià consideration (in exchange for shares) / a quid pro quo 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn 人命 rén mìng human life / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring syn 平生 píng shēng all one's life syn 下辈子 下輩子 xià bèi zi the next life syn 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 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 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 浪花 làng huā spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:朵[duo3] syn 尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world syn 危及 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc) syn 各界人士 gè jiè rén shì all walks of life 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution 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 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn 寿险 壽險 shòu xiǎn life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2shou4 bao3xian3]) 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through syn 来世 來世 lái shì afterlife / next life syn 出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life / to become a monk or nun syn 逃命 táo mìng to escape / to flee / to run for one's life syn 来生 來生 lái shēng next life syn 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì a whole lifetime (idiom) / all my life syn 今世 jīn shì this life / this age syn 毕生 畢生 bì shēng all one's life / lifetime syn 各行各业 各行各業 gè háng gè yè every trade / all professions / all walks of life syn 