一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 拯救 zhěng jiù to save / to rescue syn 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me! syn 保存 bǎo cún to conserve / to preserve / to keep / to save (a file etc) (computing) syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 救援 jiù yuán to save / to support / to help / to assist syn 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve / to save 挽救 wǎn jiù to save / to remedy / to rescue syn 解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation 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 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 积蓄 積蓄 jī xù to save / to put aside / savings syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 储蓄 儲蓄 chǔ xù to save money (in a bank) / savings syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 存储 存儲 cún chǔ to store up / to stockpile / (computer) to save / to store / memory / storage 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 省钱 省錢 shěng qián to save money 援救 yuán jiù to come to the aid of / to save / to rescue from danger / to relieve 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 省去 shěng qù to omit / to dispense with / to make unnecesary / to save (time, trouble etc) syn 省得 shěng de to avoid / so as to save (money or time) syn 力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis syn 积攒 積攢 jī zǎn to save bit by bit / to accumulate syn 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) 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 省力 shěng lì to save labor / to save effort 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 治病救人 zhì bìng jiù rén to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him 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 节余 節餘 jié yú to save / savings syn 少来 少來 shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it! 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) syn 节衣缩食 節衣縮食 jié yī suō shí to save on food and clothing (idiom) / to live frugally syn 节水 節水 jié shuǐ to save water 省却 省卻 shěng què to save / to get rid of (so saving space) syn 另存为 另存為 lìng cún wèi save as (a file) 另存为 另存為 lìng cún wéi Save As ... (menu option in a software application) 节电 節電 jié diàn to save electricity / power saving syn 省电 省電 shěng diàn to save electricity 省事 shěng shì to simplify matters / to save trouble syn 救国 救國 jiù guó to save the nation syn 地藏 dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 另存 lìng cún to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user 存钱 存錢 cún qián to deposit money / to save money 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 救亡 jiù wáng to save from extinction / to save the nation syn 节支 節支 jié zhī to save on expenditure 勤王 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king 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 开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn 转圜 轉圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation) / to mediate / to intercede 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. 要脸 要臉 yào liǎn to save sb's face 救场 救場 jiù chǎng to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor) 救 jiù to save / to assist / to rescue syn 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 攒 攢 zǎn to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save syn 贮 貯 zhù to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3] syn 拯 zhěng to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue syn 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face 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) 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 