水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole 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 全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match) 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 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 有生以来 有生以來 yǒu shēng yǐ lái since birth / for one's whole life syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony 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 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì a whole lifetime (idiom) / all my life 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 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 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 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 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 要花 yào huā cost; 全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera) 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting 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 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 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. 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 完全 wán quán complete / whole / totally / entirely syn 完 wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire syn 全 quán all / whole / entire / every / complete syn 整个 整個 zhěng gè whole / entire / total 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 全部 quán bù whole / all 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 全国 全國 quán guó whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life / lifetime syn 一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn 致命 zhì mìng fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life syn 一面 yī miàn one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face syn 全球 quán qiú the whole world / worldwide / global syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 全身 quán shēn the whole body / (typography) em syn 整整 zhěng zhěng whole / full syn 性命 xìng mìng life syn 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time 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 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 基本上 jī běn shang basically / on the whole syn 