接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) 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 张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend syn 伸出 shēn chū to extend 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 延长 延長 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 蔓延 màn yán to extend / to spread syn 延期 yán qī to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 延伸 yán shēn to extend / to spread syn 推广 推廣 tuī guǎng to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc) syn 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 扩展 擴展 kuò zhǎn to extend / to expand / extension / expansion syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom) / to the best of one's ability / within one's powers 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 舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn 放宽 放寬 fàng kuān to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden syn 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 遍及 biàn jí to extend (everywhere) 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 伸长 伸長 shēn cháng to stretch / to extend syn 宽限 寬限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc) syn 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 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 扩大化 擴大化 kuò dà huà to extend the scope / to exaggerate 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 引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation 长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as / to lengthen out to syn 贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn 展期 zhǎn qī to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt) 延展 yán zhǎn to extend / to stretch out 延绵 延綿 yán mián to extend continuously syn 续约 續約 xù yuē to renew or extend a contract 授信 shòu xìn to extend credit (finance) / credit 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. 拜 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn 伸 shēn to stretch / to extend syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 延 yán to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn 廓 kuò (bound form) extensive / vast / (bound form) outline / general shape / (bound form) to expand / to extend syn 唁 yàn to extend condolences 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood 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 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 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 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 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble 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 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 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 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 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 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life 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 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 