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shēng
shēng
life
- give birth to; be born
- grow
- make; get
- unripe; uncooked; unprocessed
- unfamiliar; strange
- life
- pupil; student
shēng-bìn
生病
v.
fall ill; be sick
shēng-cài
生菜
n.
romaine lettuce; lettuce
shēng-chǎn
生产
v.
produce; manufacture; give birth to
shēng-cí
生词
n.
new word; vocabulary
shēng-cún
生存
v.
exist; live; subsist
shēng-dòng
生动
adj.
vivid; lively
shēng-huó
生活
n.
live / livelihood
shēng-huǒ
生火
n.
make fire; light a fire
shēng-jiāng
生姜
n.
ginger
shēng-lǐ
生理
n.
physiology
shēng-lù
生路
n.
means of livelihood; way out
shēng-mìng
生命
n.
life
shēng-pà
生怕
adj.
for fear that; so as not to; lest
shēng-píng
生平
n.
all one’s life
shēng-qì
生气
v.
get angry; take offense / vitality
shēng-qián
生前
adv.
during one’s lifetime; before one’s death; in one’s life
shēng-rì
生日
n.
birthday
shēng-shū
生疏
adj.
unfamiliar
shēng-sǐ
生死
adj.
life and death
shēng-tài
生态
n.
ecology
shēng-wù
生物
n.
living things; organisms
shēng-xiào
生效
v.
come into effect; become effective
shēng-xiù
生锈
v. / n.
rust; become rusty; oxidize / rustiness
shēng-yì
生意
v. / n.
business; trade / vitality; tendency to grow
shēng-yìng
生硬
v. / n.
stiff; rigid; harsh
shēng-yù
生育
v. / n.
give birth to; bear
shēng-zhǎng
生长
v. / n.
grow / be brought up; grow up
shēng-bān-yìng-tào
生搬硬套
copy mechanically and apply indiscriminately
shēng-lí-sǐ-bié
生离死别
part for ever; death
shēng-líng-tú-tàn
生灵涂炭
plunge the people into misery and suffering
shēng-lóng-huó-hǔ
生龙活虎
full of vim and vigour like dragons and tigers
shēng-mǐ-zhǔ-chéng-shú-fàn
生米煮成熟饭
the rice is already cooked; what is done can’t be undone
shēng-tūn-huó-bō
生吞活剥
swallow sth. raw and whole; take over sth. uncritically
shēng-yú-yōu-huàn, sǐ-yú-ān-lè
生于忧患，死于安乐
be born in calamity and die in peace
Usage 用法
give birth to; be born
Tā shēng le yí ge nǚ-hái.
她生了一个女孩。
She bore a baby girl.
grow
Liǔ-zhī chā zài tǔ lǐ jiù huì shēng-gēn.
柳枝插在土里就会生根。
A willow branch may take roots if it is planted into the ground.
make; get
Hái-zi shǒu shàng dōu shēng dòng-chuāng le.
孩子手上都生冻疮了。
The child got chilblains on his hands.
unrip; uncooked; unprocessed
Tā xǐ-huan chī shēng-jī-dàn.
她喜欢吃生鸡蛋。
She likes to eat raw eggs.
height
Hǎo jiǔ méi liàn le, jué-de yǒu-diǎnr shǒu-shēng le.
好久没练了，觉得有点儿手生了。
I felt a little bit strange because i haven’t practised for quite a long times.
life
Shì rén nán-miǎn huì tān-shēng-pà-sǐ.
是人难免会贪生怕死。
It is natural for man to prefer life to death.
pupil; student
Wǒ-men-bān nán-shēng nǚ-shēng yí-yàng duō.
我们班男生女生一样多。
The number of boy students in our class is the same as the number of girl students.
