活 ⇒
生活 shēnghuó, life/activity/to live/livelihood
活 huó, to live/alive/living/work/workmanship
活动 huódòng, [活動], to exercise/to move about/to operate/to use connections (personal influence)/loo...
干活 gànhuó, [幹活], to work/to be employed
活力 huólì, energy/vitality/vigor/vital force
活儿 huór, [活兒], work/(lots of) things to do
复活 fùhuó, [復活], to revive/(lit. and fig.) to come back to life/(religion) resurrection
性生活 xìngshēnghuó, sex life
活该 huógāi, [活該], (coll.) serve sb right/deservedly/ought/should
激活 jīhuó, to activate
活跃 huóyuè, [活躍], active/lively/excited/to enliven/to brighten up
活生生 huóshēngshēng, real (people)/living (artist)/while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
存活 cúnhuó, to survive (a serious accident)/survival
养活 yǎnghuo, [養活], to provide for/to keep (animals, a family etc)/to raise animals/to feed and clot...
活命 huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
复活节 Fùhuójié, [復活節], Easter
私生活 sīshēnghuó, private life
活泼 huópo, [活潑], lively/vivacious/brisk/active/(chemistry) reactive
灵活 línghuó, [靈活], flexible/nimble/agile
快活 kuàihuo, happy/cheerful
活人 huórén, living person
活活 huóhuó, while still alive/simply/totally
死活 sǐhuó, life or death/fate/no matter what/anyway/for the life of me
救活 jiùhuó, to bring back to life
活埋 huómái, to bury alive
忙活 mánghuo, to be really busy/pressing business
活口 活捉 活塞 huósāi, piston/valve
鲜活 xiānhuó, [鮮活], vivid/lively/(of food ingredients) live or fresh
活性 huóxìng, (chemistry) activity/active/activated
活蹦乱跳 huóbèngluàntiào, [活蹦亂跳], to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively/healthy and active
生活费 shēnghuófèi, [生活費], cost of living/living expenses/alimony
生吞活剥 shēngtūnhuóbō, [生吞活剝], to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
生龙活虎 shēnglónghuóhǔ, [生龍活虎], lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)/fig. vigorous and lively
你死我活 nǐsǐwǒhuó, lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries/two parties cannot coex...
夜生活 yèshēnghuó, night life
绝活 juéhuó, [絕活], specialty/unique skill
活宝 huóbǎo, [活寶], buffoon/clown/ridiculous person
死去活来 sǐqùhuólái, [死去活來], to hover between life and death (idiom)/to suffer terribly/within an inch of one...
活门 huómén, [活門], valve
活像 huóxiàng, to look exactly like/to be the spitting image of
活物 huówù, living animals
半死不活 家务活 累活 活计 huójì, [活計], handicraft/needlework/work
干活儿 gànhuór, [幹活兒], erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gàn huó]
灵活性 línghuóxìng, [靈活性], flexibility
拼死拼活 pīnsǐpīnhuó, one's utmost/(to fight or work) desperately hard/to put up a life or death strug...
针线活 zhēnxiànhuó, [針線活], needlework/sewing
农活 nónghuó, [農活], farm work
活灵活现 huólínghuóxiàn, [活靈活現], living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life/vivid and realistic
苟活 活路 huólù/huólu, through road/way out/way to survive/means of subsistence, labor/physical work
成活 chénghuó, to survive
杂活 záhuó, [雜活], odd jobs
活动室 活到老 重活 zhònghuó, heavy job
肺活量 fèihuóliàng, (medicine) vital capacity
活动房 huódòngfáng, [活動房], prefabricated building/prefab
活性炭 huóxìngtàn, activated carbon
活动家 huódòngjiā, [活動家], activist
脏活 生活会 活脱脱 huótuōtuō, [活脫脫], remarkably alike
活页夹 活结 huójié, [活結], a slip-knot/a noose
神气活现 shénqìhuóxiàn, [神氣活現], arrogant appearance/smug appearance/to act condescending/to put on airs
活页 粗活 cūhuó, unskilled labor/heavy manual work
做活 zuòhuó, to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)/life of a group of stones in G...
活动性 活靶 存活率 cúnhuólǜ, (med.) survival rate/(med.) recovery rate
活水 活佛 huófó, Living Buddha/title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
轻活 活火山 huóhuǒshān, active volcano
激活剂 复活节岛 FùhuójiéDǎo, [復活節島], Easter Island
苦活 kǔhuó, bitter work/sweated labor
零活 社会活动 shèhuìhuódòng, [社會活動], social activity
活期 huóqī, (banking) current (account)/checking (account)/demand (deposit etc)
罗复活 不顾死活 搞活 gǎohuó, to enliven/to invigorate/to revitalize
活菩萨 huópúsà, [活菩薩], a living Buddha/fig. compassionate person/saint
活动日 活化石 huóhuàshí, living fossil
活络 活气 huóqì, [活氣], spirited atmosphere
细活 成活率 chénghuólǜ, survival rate/rate of success
用活 出活 chūhuó, to finish a job on time/to produce the goods
揽活 路复活 活地狱 活动靶 手活 shǒuhuó, manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport)/hand job
力气活 活食 子复活 生活区 交活 盘活 生活化 活版 huóbǎn, typography/movable type
生活版 活塞杆
命 ⇒
生命 shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
命 mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc
命令 mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
救命 jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
命运 mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
致命 zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
性命 xìngmìng, life
使命 shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling
待命 dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby
拼命 pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on...
遵命 zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid
命名 mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
革命 gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì]
命中 mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
要命 yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying
丧命 sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life
任命 rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
送命 sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed
活命 huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
人命 rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
没命 méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately
逃命 táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life
命案 mìngàn, homicide case/murder case
卖命 màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself...
听命 tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs
奉命 fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders
算命 suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune
生命体 维他命 wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword)
寿命 shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)
生命力 shēngmìnglì, vitality
受命 shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel
毙命 bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed
自命不凡 zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
致命伤 zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel
听天由命 tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck
认命 rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth
玩命 天命 Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span
亡命 wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison)
死于非命 sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death
相依为命 xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter...
出人命 chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
革命性 gémìngxìng, revolutionary
革命者 命根子 mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn]
长命百岁 偿命 chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life
死命 sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately
短命 duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
亡命之徒 wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive
命题 mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic
效命 人命关天 rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
舍命 shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
自命 zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
饶命 ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life
抗命 kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders
亡命徒 命中率 mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
生命线 shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
命脉 mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline
命根 mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ...
疲于奔命 píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work
苦命 kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
革命军 拚命 pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng]
大革命 命苦 mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
救命之恩 狠命 hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength
殒命 yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish
草菅人命 cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
使命感 催命 cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually
授命 shòumìng, to give orders
革命家 gémìngjiā, a revolutionary
请命 闹革命 革命党 命相 mìngxiàng, horoscope
谋财害命 móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
玩儿命 wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks
安身立命 ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
奔命 bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run
文化大革命 WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
绝命书 juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note
宿命论 sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic
不辱使命 同呼吸共命运 抵命 同命相连 收回成命 复命 fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing
命令状 反革命 fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary
命官 耳提面命 ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly
薄命 bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky
革命派 特命 民主革命 mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t...