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"the next life" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
下辈子 下輩子 xià bèi zi the next life syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
下回 xià huí next chapter / next time syn
下届 下屆 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve
下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn
比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn
寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn
下任 xià rèn next office holder / next to serve syn
生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn
舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife / next life syn
来生 來生 lái shēng next life syn
下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn
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
寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn
死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn
永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn
起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn
活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living 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
救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving 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
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
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
白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life
救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire
救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest
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
枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom)
死中求生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life
生命的遗迹 生命的遺跡 shēng mìng de yí jì trace of life / vestige of life
年寿 年壽 nián shòu length of life / life span
浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808
无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
寿命周期分析 life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis
生命肢体急救手术 life- and limb-saving surgical intervention / life- and limb-saving procedure
生命网倡议 生命網倡議 shēng mìng wǎng chàng yì Life Web Initiative / Life Web
有效寿命 有效壽命 useful life component / useful life
命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
寿考 壽考 shòu kǎo long life / life span
起居作息 qǐ jū zuò xī lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life / daily routine / to go about one's daily life
夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
威尊命贱 威尊命賤 wēi zūn - mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life / one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
下面 xià mian below / under / next / the following syn
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn
下一页 下一頁 xià yī yè next page
明年 míng nián next year syn
近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn
第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept / to take / next / following syn
其次 qí cì next / secondly syn
下次 xià cì next time
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one
下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn
下一步 xià yī bù the next step
进而 進而 jìn ér and then (what follows next) syn
隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn
其后 其後 qí hòu next / later / after that syn
次日 cì rì next day / the morrow syn
下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn
下周 下週 xià zhōu next week
贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc)
下页 下頁 xià yè next page
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
下月 xià yuè next month
续集 續集 xù jí sequel / next episode (of TV series etc)
出线 出線 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
升学 升學 shēng xué to enter the next grade school
切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn
隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days
来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn
紧靠 緊靠 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against syn
紧邻 緊鄰 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor syn
翌日 yì rì next day syn
微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn
即日 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days syn
陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn
来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn
至亲 至親 zhì qīn next of kin / closely related
下星期 xià xīng qī next week
后年 後年 hòu nián the year after next
翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn
直系亲属 直系親屬 zhí xì qīn shǔ next of kin / immediate dependant
左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn
后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn
明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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