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rénshēngyīshì,cǎomùyīchūn Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

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        rén, man/person/people/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
        nǚrén/nǚren, woman, wife
        biéren, [別人], other people/others/other person
        nánrén, a man/a male/men/CL:個|个[gè]
        yǒurén, someone/people/anyone/there is someone there/occupied (as in restroom)
        rénmen, [人們], people
        fūren, lady/madam/Mrs./CL:位[wèi]
        rénlèi, [人類], humanity/human race/mankind
        
        gèrén, [個人], individual/personal/oneself
        bìngrén, sick person/patient/invalid/CL:個|个[gè]
        shārén, [殺人], homicide/to murder/to kill (a person)
        jiārén, household/(one's) family
        rénshēng, life (one's time on earth)
        dàren, adult/grownup/title of respect toward superiors
        rényuán, [人員], staff/crew/personnel/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhèngrén, [證人], witness
        sīrén, private/personal/interpersonal/sb with whom one has a close personal relationshi...
        hēirén, black person/an illegal
        dírén, [敵人], enemy/CL:個|个[gè]
        rénwù, person/character (in a play, novel etc)/protagonist/CL:個|个[gè]
        kèrén, visitor/guest/customer/client/CL:位[wèi]
        
        rénmín, the people/CL:個|个[gè]
        báirén, white man or woman/Caucasian
        niánqīngrén, [年輕人], young people/youngster
        zhǔrén, master/host/owner/CL:個|个[gè]
        shòuhàirén, victim
        jīqìrén, [機器人], mechanical person/robot/android
        mǒurén, someone/a certain person/some people/I (self-address after one's surname)
        Yóutàirén, [猶太人], Jew
        mírén, fascinating/enchanting/charming/tempting
        fànrén, convict/prisoner/criminal
        míngrén, personage/celebrity
        rénrén, everyone/every person
        rénjiā/rénjia, household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house of woman's hu...
        rénzhì, [人質], hostage
        jiànrén, [賤人], slut/cheap person
        ShèngdànLǎorén, [聖誕老人], Father Christmas/Santa Claus
        huàirén, [壞人], bad person/villain
        jīngjìrén, [經紀人], broker/middleman/agent/manager
        mòshēngrén, stranger
        tārén, another/sb else/other people
        dāngshìrén, [當事人], persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)
        wàixīngrén, space alien/extraterrestrial
        qíngrén, lover/sweetheart
        héhuǒrén, partner/associate
        běnrén, the person himself/I (humble form used in speeches)/oneself/myself/in person/per...
        shārénfàn, [殺人犯], murderer/homicide
        
        
        piànrén, [騙人], to cheat sb/a scam
        lǎorén, old man or woman/the elderly/one's aged parents or grandparents
        Chāorén/chāorén, Superman, comic book superhero, superhuman/exceptional
        rénqún, crowd
        gōngrén, worker/CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
        rénxuǎn, [人選], choice of person/candidate
        jīngrén, [驚人], astonishing
        rénshì, person/figure/public figure
        chéngniánrén, adult person
        rénkǒu, population/people
        xiányírén, a suspect
        wěituōrén, (law) client/trustor
        guàirén, strange person/eccentric
        qīnrén, [親人], one's close relatives
        àiren, [愛人], spouse (PRC)/lover (non-PRC)/CL:個|个[gè]
        chéngrén, adult
        réntǐ, [人體], human body
        zhǔchírén, TV or radio presenter/host/anchor
        jūnrén, [軍人], serviceman/soldier/military personnel
        rénshù, [人數], number of people
        réncái, talent/talented person/looks/attractive looks
        hòuxuǎnrén, [候選人], candidate/CL:名[míng]
        pǔtōngrén, ordinary person/private citizen/people/the person in the street
        púrén, [僕人], servant
        
        fánrén, [煩人], to annoy/annoying/irritating/troublesome
        diūrén, [丟人], to lose face
        fùzérén, [負責人], person in charge
        shāngrén, merchant/businessman
        jùrén, giant
        xīnrén, newcomer/fresh talent/newlywed, esp. new bride/bride and groom
        bèihàirén, victim
        rénxìng, human nature/humanity/human/the totality of human attributes
        réngé, personality/integrity/dignity
        rénjiān, [人間], the human world/the earth
        lièrén, [獵人], hunter
        shīrén, [詩人], bard/poet
        Qíngrénjié, [情人節], Valentine's Day
        sǐrén, dead person/(coll.) to die/(of a death) to happen
        zhēnrén, a real person/Daoist spiritual master
        zǒurén, (coll.) to leave/to beat it
        qióngrén, [窮人], poor people/the poor
        měirén, each person/everybody/per person
        gǎnrén, touching/moving
        guòrén, [過人], to surpass others/outstanding/(basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent
        rénxīn, popular feeling/the will of the people
        yòurén, [誘人], attractive/alluring/captivating/to attract/to captivate
        zhòngrén, [眾人], everyone
        shúrén, acquaintance/friend
        shìrén, people (in general)/people around the world/everyone
        zúrén, clansman/clan members/relatives/ethnic minority
        shèngrén, [聖人], saint/sage/refers to Confucius 孔子[Kǒng zǐ]/the current reigning Emperor
        liànrén, [戀人], lover/sweetheart
        zhōngjiānrén, [中間人], intermediary/mediator
        jiānhùrén, [監護人], guardian
        
        
        yìrén, [藝人], performing artist/actor
        rénqíng, human emotions/social relationship/friendship/favor/a good turn
        réngōng, artificial/manpower/manual work
        shārénkuáng, [殺人狂], homicidal maniac
        dòngrén, [動人], touching/moving
        rénshēn, person/personal/human body
        fùrén, rich person/the rich
        
        rénzào, man-made/artificial/synthetic
        zuìrén, sinner
        wéirén/wèirén, [為人], to conduct oneself/behavior/conduct/personal character, for sb/for others' inter...
        bèigàorén, defendant (in legal case)
        dàilǐrén, agent
        rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        xiǎorén, person of low social status (old)/I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)/nasty ...
        
        rénlì, manpower/labor power
        rénquán, [人權], human rights
        
        rénshǒu, manpower/staff/human hand
        rénxíngdào, sidewalk
        měirén, beauty/belle
        měirényú, [美人魚], mermaid
        wàiguórén, [外國人], foreigner
        yǐnrénzhùmù, to attract attention/eye-catching/conspicuous
        fánrén, ordinary person/mortal/earthling
        lǐngdǎorén, [領導人], leader
        shuāngrén, [雙人], two-person/double/pair/tandem
        mángrén, blind person
        huórén, living person
        èrén, [惡人], evil person/vile creature/ugly man
        réntóu, [人頭], person/number of people/(per) capita/(a person's) head/(Tw) person whose identit...
        
        wèichéngniánrén, minor (i.e. person under 18)
        dàiyánrén, spokesperson
        chángrén, ordinary person
        zuòrén, to conduct oneself/to behave with integrity
西         Mòxīgērén, Mexican
        rénmǎ, [人馬], men and horses/troops/group of people/troop/staff/centaur
        jiārén, beautiful woman
        wàirén, outsider/foreigner/stranger
        rénshì, the world/this world/the world of the living
        lǎorénjiā, polite term for old woman or man
        kuángrén, madman
        
        cánjírén, [殘疾人], disabled person
        yōngrén, [傭人], servant
        gǔrén, people from ancient times/the ancients/the late (i.e. person who has passed away...
        chuàngshǐrén, [創始人], creator/founder/initiator
        jìchéngrén, [繼承人], heir/successor
        zìqīqīrén, to deceive others and to deceive oneself/to believe one's own lies
        fāyánrén, [發言人], spokesperson
        nǚzhǔrén, hostess/mistress
        rénqì, [人氣], popularity/personality/character
        chūrényìliào, unexpected (idiom)/surprising
        
        shārénàn, [殺人案], murder case/homicide case
        rénshì, personnel/human resources/human affairs/ways of the world/(euphemism) sexuality/...
        
        dìyīfūrén, First Lady (wife of US president)
        yěrén, a savage/uncivilized person/(old) commoner
        fùrén, [婦人], married woman
        lǎoniánrén, old people/the elderly
        bùxǐngrénshì, to lose consciousness/unconscious/in a coma
        dānrén, [單人], one person/single (room, bed etc)
        bùwéirénzhī, [不為人知], not known to anyone/secret/unknown
        
        zhǔréngōng, hero (of a novel or film)/main protagonist
        
        lìngrén, to cause one (to do sth)/to make one (angry, delighted etc)
        yǐnrénzhùyì, to attract attention/eye-catching/conspicuous
        xiānrénzhǎng, cactus
        TángrénJiē, Chinatown/CL:條|条[tiáo],座[zuò]
        hàirén, to harm sb/to inflict suffering/to victimize/pernicious
        xiǎorénwù, nonentity/a nobody
        zhèngrénxí, [證人席], witness stand or box
        réndào, human sympathy/humanitarianism/humane/the "human way", one of the stages in the ...
        lùrén, passer-by/stranger
        Měiguórén, [美國人], American/American person/American people/CL:個|个[gè]
        rénzhǒng, [人種], race (of people)
        
        nàshuìrén, [納稅人], taxpayer
        zhíwùrén, person in a vegetative state/human vegetable
        wěirén, [偉人], great person
        rénlèixué, [人類學], anthropology
        rénwéi, [人為], artificial/man-made/having human cause or origin/human attempt or effort
        réndàozhǔyì, [人道主義], humanism/humanitarian (aid)
        réngōngzhìnéng, artificial intelligence (AI)
        
        chūréntóudì, [出人頭地], to stand out among one's peers (idiom)/to excel
        tóuzīrén, [投資人], investor
        
        
        xiāngxiàrén, [鄉下人], country folk/rustic/rural folk
        
        fēirén, not the right person (literary)/inhuman
寿         rénshòubǎoxiǎn, [人壽保險], life insurance
        
        rénjìguānxì, [人際關系], interpersonal relationship
        jiànbudérén, [見不得人], shameful
        chóurén, foe/one's personal enemy
        
        mùyángrén, shepherd
        gōngsùrén, [公訴人], district attorney/public prosecutor/procurator
        rénxíng, human shape/in human form/of human appearance/doll/puppet
        chǔnrén, fool/imbecile
        ēnrén, a benefactor/a person who has significantly helped sb else
        xíngrén, pedestrian/traveler on foot/passer-by/official responsible for arranging audienc...
        rénpǐn, moral standing/moral quality/character/personality/appearance/looks (colloquial)...
        
退         tuìwǔjūnrén, [退伍軍人], veteran
        
        bùkěgàorén, hidden/kept secret/not to be divulged
        tàikōngrén, astronaut
        
        dàocǎorén, scarecrow
        xuěrén, snowman/yeti
        
        
        fèirén, [廢人], handicapped person/useless person
        shànjiěrényì, to be good at understanding others (idiom)
        
        jiàrén, to get married (of woman)
        xiánrén, [閑人]/[閒人], variant of 閒人|闲人[xián rén]/idle person/idler/unconcerned person, idle person/idl...
        yúrén, stupid person/ignoramus
        
        nǚqiángrén, [女強人], successful career woman/able woman
        Shuìměirén, Sleeping Beauty
        liánxìrén, [聯繫人], contact (person)
        rényuán, [人緣], relations with other people
        
        wánrén, perfect person
        zìjǐrén, those on our side/ourselves/one's own people/one of us
        dàmángrén, busy bee/very busy person
        kōngwúyīrén, [空無一人], not a soul in sight (idiom)
        jiànzhèngrén, [見證人], eyewitness (to an incident)/witness (to a legal transaction)
        réngōnghūxī, artificial respiration (medicine)
        xīnshàngrén, sweetheart/one's beloved
        
        jiēbānrén, successor
        cèhuàrén, [策劃人], sponsor/plotter/schemer
        rényì, people's expectations
        
        hòurén, [後人], later generation
        
        lǎohǎorén, one who tries never to offend anybody
        kěrén, pleasant/agreeable/a person after one's heart (charming person)/a gifted person
        gāorényīděng, a cut above others/superior
        duōduōbīrén, overbearing/forceful/aggressive/menacing/imperious
        rénchēng, [人稱], person (first person, second person etc in grammar)/called/known as
        nǎorén, [惱人], annoying/irksome/to irritate
        rénqíngwèi, human warmth/friendliness/human touch
        yǐnrénrùshèng, [引人入勝], to enchant/fascinating
        wúrén, [無人], unmanned/uninhabited
        rénzhīchángqíng, human nature (idiom)/a behavior that is only natural
        diūrénxiànyǎn, [丟人現眼], to make an exhibition of oneself/to be a disgrace
        biànhùrén, [辯護人], defender/defending counsel
        
        xiānfāzhìrén, [先發制人], to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt/to anticipate/preem...
        
        hàiréntīngwén, [駭人聽聞], shocking/horrifying/atrocious/terrible
        
        tónglíngrén, [同齡人], peer/one's contemporary/person of the same age
        lìngrénfàzhǐ, [令人髮指], to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
        dàirén, to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
        shēnqǐngrén, [申請人], applicant
        rénshìbù, personnel office/human resources (HR)
        
        
        yuánrén, apeman
        bǐrén, your humble servant/I
        sēngrén, monk
        tǔzhùrén, indigenous person/aboriginal
        chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
        qírén, an eccentric/odd person/person of extraordinary talent
        rénliú, stream of people/abortion/abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]
        wàidìrén, stranger/outsider
        lìngrénmǎnyì, [令人滿意], satisfying/satisfactory
        xiānrén, Daoist immortal/celestial being
        
稿         zhuàngǎorén, author (of a manuscript)
        
        néngrén, capable person/Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
        rénshēn, [人參], ginseng
        
        yìzhōngrén, sweetheart/one's true love/the person of one's thoughts
        chāqiángrényì, [差強人意], (idiom) just passable/barely satisfactory
        chéngbāorén, contractor
        Yúrénjié, [愚人節], April Fools' Day
西         
        
        yǎnréněrmù, to fool people (idiom)/to pull the wool over people's eyes
        Qǐrényōutiān, [杞人憂天], man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
        rénmǎnwéihuàn, [人滿為患], packed with people/overcrowded/overpopulation
        
        
        rényú, [人魚], mermaid/dugong/sea cow/manatee/giant salamander
        rénjì, [人際], human relationships/interpersonal
        lìngrénqīnpèi, [令人欽佩], admirable
        
        pángrén, other people/bystanders/onlookers/outsiders
        zhuānrén, [專人], specialist/person appointed for specific task
        
        rénmíng, personal name
        Tǔěrqírén, a Turk/Turkish person
        guǎrén, I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
        Āěrbāníyàrén, [阿爾巴尼亞人], Albanian (person)
        
        hǔrén, to scare people/to bluff/to deceive
        rényuán, orangutan
        gèrén, each one/everyone
        Tiěrén, [鐵人], Ironman
        Huárén, [華人], ethnic Chinese person or people
        guòláirén, [過來人], an experienced person/sb who has "been around (the block)"/sb who has personally...
        
        
        
西         Xīfāngrén, Westerner/Occidental
        píngyìjìnrén, amiable and approachable (idiom); easy-going/modest and unassuming/(of writing) ...
        bùréndào, inhuman
        hérén, who
        qiúrén, to ask for help/to ask a favor/to recruit talented people
        réngōngshòujīng, artificial insemination
        shēngrén, stranger/living person/to give birth/to be born (in a certain time or place)
        
        sǒngréntīngwén, [聳人聽聞], to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
        guǎnlǐrén, supervisor/manager/administrator
        
        yīmíngjīngrén, [一鳴驚人], to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
        rénjiāndìyù, [人間地獄], hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive...
        zhēnrénzhēnshì, genuine people and true events
        fāqǐrén, [發起人], proposer/initiator/founding member
        lìngrénzhènfèn, [令人振奮], inspiring/exciting/rousing
        yǒurén, friend
        lèyúzhùrén, [樂於助人], willing to help others
        zhérén, wise man
        Yìndùrén, Indian (person)/CL:個|个[gè]/Indian people
        
        
        tǔrén, native/aborigine/clay figure
        
        mùzhōngwúrén, [目中無人], to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matt...
        xiānrén, ancestors/previous generations/my late father
        
        
        shuāngrénchuáng, [雙人床], double bed
        rénfàn, criminal/culprit/suspect (old)
        
        
        yījiārén, household/the whole family
        yòngrén, servant/to employ sb for a job/to manage people/to be in need of staff
        rénshìjiān, [人世間], the secular world
        yǒuqíngrén, lovers
        Yīngguórén, [英國人], British person/British people
        rénhǎi, a multitude/a sea of people
        shārénbùzhǎyǎn, [殺人不眨眼], to murder without blinking an eye (idiom)/ruthless/cold-blooded
        huāngwúrényān, [荒無人煙], desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
        gōngrénjiējí, [工人階級], working class
        fǎrén, legal person/corporation/see also 自然人[zì rán rén]
        guìrén, [貴人], nobility/person of high rank
        
        cǎnwúréndào, [慘無人道], inhuman (idiom)/brutal and unfeeling
        zhùrénwéilè, [助人為樂], pleasure from helping others (idiom)
        Mǎyǎrén, [瑪雅人], Maya peoples
        
        zhīqíngrén, person in the know/insider/informed source
        
        
        
        guórén, [國人], compatriots (literary)/fellow countrymen
        rénzhèng, [人證], witness testimony
        
        rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
        
        
        Cháoxiǎnrén, [朝鮮人], North Korean (person)
        
        làngrén, vagrant/unemployed person/rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
        
        dòurén, amusing/funny/entertaining
        gōngzhèngrén, [公證人], notary/actuary
        
        
        chuánrén, [傳人], to teach/to impart/a disciple/descendant
        
        wúrénwènjīn, [無人問津], to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
        cǎnjuérénhuán, [慘絕人寰], extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
        
        yuàntiānyóurén, (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
        Réndà, (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén m...
        Wūkèlánrén, [烏克蘭人], Ukrainian (person)
        rénzàowèixīng, [人造衛星], artificial satellite
        gèrénzhǔyì, [個人主義], individualism
        huànrén, [換人], to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc)/substitution
        qìrén, [氣人], to anger/to annoy
        yírén, nice/pleasant/charming/hospitable to people
        
        shànrén, philanthropist/charitable person/well-doer
        
        Àiěrlánrén, [愛爾蘭人], Irish person
        rènrénzǎigē, to get trampled on (idiom)/to be taken advantage of
        
        
        mùrén, shepherd/pastor/pastoral
        
        
        
        hóngrén, [紅人], a favorite of sb in power/a celebrity/American Indian
        Měnggǔrén, Mongol
        
        fēngyúnrénwù, [風雲人物], the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom)/influential figure
        qiǎngrénsuǒnán, [強人所難], to force someone to do something
        gùrén, old friend/the deceased
        bǎozhèngrén, [保證人], guarantor/bailor
        qiángrén, [強人], (politics) strongman/(in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person...
        yàorén, important person
        xiǎnwéirénzhī, [鮮為人知], rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown/secret to all but a few
        qīngniánrén, young person/the young
        xiàndàirén, [現代人], modern man/Homo sapiens
        wúrénqū, [無人區], uninhabited region
        
        lìngréngǔwǔ, encouraging/heartening
        
        wàiláirén, [外來人], foreigner
        bùjìnrénqíng, not amenable to reason/unreasonable
        kòurénxīnxián, to excite/to thrill/exciting/thrilling/cliff-hanging
        Jiékèrén, Czech person
        rénlìchē, [人力車], rickshaw
        měirénjì, [美人計], honey trap/sexual entrapment/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        
        Lìtáowǎnrén, Lithuanian (person)
        yōngrén, mediocre person
        
        fārénshēnxǐng, [發人深省], to provide food for thought (idiom)/thought-provoking
        
        zhōngrén, go-between/mediator/intermediary
        
        dúshūrén, [讀書人], scholar/intellectual
        
        
        dàkuàirénxīn, to the satisfaction of everyone
        
        
        méiren, go-between/matchmaker
        Jíbǔsàirén, [吉卜賽人], Gypsy
        
        guòlùrén, [過路人], a passer-by
        diànjīrén, founder/pioneer
        fāxíngrén, [發行人], publisher/issuer
        
        qiánrén, predecessor/forebears/the person facing you
        rénshānrénhǎi, multitude/vast crowd
        guìfùrén, [貴婦人], dame
        
        
        
        zhènghūnrén, [證婚人], wedding witness
        Wéijīngrén, [維京人], Viking
        rénwén, humanities/human affairs/culture
西         Xībānyárén, Spaniard/Spanish person
        rénxínghéngdào, [人行橫道], pedestrian crossing
        dàyǒurénzài, there are plenty of such people
        
        yǔrénwéishàn, [與人為善], to be of service to others/to help others/benevolent
        wùshìrénfēi, things have remained the same, but people have changed
        rénrénjiēzhī, known to everyone
        Yìdàlìrén, Italian person
        
        shèngqìlíngrén, [盛氣凌人], overbearing/arrogant bully
        
        Rìběnrén, Japanese person or people
        
        bēitiānmǐnrén, [悲天憫人], to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind
        Pútáoyárén, Portuguese (person)
        zhàngshìqīrén, [仗勢欺人], to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)/to kick people aroun...
        
        
        ShātèĀlābórén, a Saudi/Saudi Arabian person
        tóngrén, people from the same workplace or profession/co-worker/colleague/pop culture ent...
        
        jiāpòrénwáng, family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned/destitute and h...
        
        shuāngrénhuá, [雙人滑], pair skating
        zhàojírén, convener
        
        zàirén, [載人], to carry a passenger/(of spaceships etc) manned/also pr. [zǎi rén]
        
        
        
        bǎohùrén, [保護人], guardian/carer/patron
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wúrénjī, [無人機], drone/unmanned aerial vehicle
        xīshìníngrén, [息事寧人], to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
        yīnrénéryì, [因人而異], varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
        
        jìnrénjiēzhī, [盡人皆知], known by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        
        
        Déguórén, [德國人], German person or people
        
        gāorén, very able person
        rénjìhǎnzhì, [人跡罕至], lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom)/fig. off the beaten track/lonely/deserted
        
        rényān, [人煙], sign of human habitation
        Ālābórén, Arab/Arabian/Arabian people
        nèirén, [內人], my wife (humble)
        Āěrjílìyàrén, [阿爾及利亞人], Algerian
        pànruòliǎngrén, [判若兩人], to be a different person/not to be one's usual self
        Fǎguórén, [法國人], Frenchman/French person
        
        nǚrénjia, women (in general)
        wénrén, scholar/literati
        pángruòwúrén, [旁若無人], to act as though there were nobody else present/unselfconscious/fig. without reg...
        
        zhàiquánrén, [債權人], creditor
        rénqíngzhài, [人情債], debt of gratitude
        jīngrénzhījǔ, [驚人之舉], to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
        shēnrùrénxīn, to enter deeply into people's hearts/to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
        
        
        nàirénxúnwèi, [耐人尋味], thought-provoking/worth thinking over/to provide food for thought
        
        yèshēnrénjìng, [夜深人靜], in the dead of night (idiom)
        hàirénbùqiǎn, [害人不淺], to cause a lot of trouble/to inflict much suffering
        círén, [詞人], writer of 詞|词[cí] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem)/person of literary talent
        gèrénsài, [個人賽], individual competition/individual race
        rénjūn, per capita
        fāmíngrén, [發明人], inventor
        rénduōshìzhòng, [人多勢眾], many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength/There is safe...
        rényǎngmǎfān, [人仰馬翻], to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)/in a pitiful state/in a complete mess/to rol...
        
        
        
        
        rénzhōng, philtrum/infranasal depression/the "human center" acupuncture point
        yóurén, [遊人], a tourist
        
        zhìbìngjiùrén, to treat the disease to save the patient/to criticize a person in order to help ...
        
        
        
        sìrénbāng, [四人幫], Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王...
        
        rénqùlóukōng, [人去樓空], the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)/the sight of a deserted place...
        dàirénjiēwù, the way one treats people
        
        
        
        
        
        
        chéngzūrén, leaser/tenant
        rénmínbì, [人民幣], Renminbi (RMB)/Chinese Yuan (CNY)
        
        dānrénchuáng, [單人床], single bed/CL:張|张[zhāng]
        hǎorénhǎoshì, admirable people and exemplary deeds
        zhīmíngrénshì, public figure/celebrity
        
        xiānrénqiú, ball cactus
        wārén, frogman
        
        
        rénkǒushù, [人口數], population
        
        shějǐwèirén, [捨己為人], to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own intere...
        
        
        Hāsàkèrén, [哈薩克人], Kazakh person/Kazakh people
        
        
        
        
        lèirényuán, [類人猿], hominid
        
        
        fēngtǔrénqíng, [風土人情], local conditions and customs (idiom)
        
        
        rénqiáng, [人牆], wall (soccer)
        xiánrén, [賢人], great person of the past/venerable forebear/the great and the good
        
        
        
        jiānrén, crafty scoundrel/villain
        gǔhuòrénxīn, [蠱惑人心], to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom)/to resort to demagogy
        dáguānguìrén, [達官貴人], high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
        shénrén, God/deity
        
        qīréntàishèn, to bully intolerably (idiom)
        zérènrén, [責任人], responsible person/coordinator
        rényúnyìyún, to say what everyone says (idiom)/to conform to what one perceives to be the maj...
        ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó, [中華人民共和國], People's Republic of China
        yuánbānrénmǎ, [原班人馬], original cast/former team
        réncáijǐjǐ, [人才濟濟], a galaxy of talent (idiom)/a great number of competent people
        zhǐrén, [紙人], paper doll/papercut silhouette
        yānrén, [閹人], a castrate
        
        Wēidìmǎlārén, [危地馬拉人], Guatemalan (person)
        
        Yǐsèlièrén, Israelite/Israeli
        
        nárén, making things awkward/to cause difficulties/to exert influence/to attract
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shīshēnrénmiànxiàng, [獅身人面像], sphinx
        qìnrénxīnpí, to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom)/to gladden the heart/to refresh the m...
        lùrénjiēzhī, understood by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Zǔlǔrén, [祖魯人], Zulu people
        
        
        jīngshǒurén, [經手人], the person in charge/agent/broker
        
        rénshìbùmén, [人事部門], personnel office
        
        
        yángrén, foreigner/Westerner
        bùdérénxīn, not to enjoy popular support/to be unpopular
        
        
        
        réngāomǎdà, [人高馬大], tall and strong
        
        wànrénkōngxiàng, [萬人空巷], the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate)/...
        
        
        
        
        kuàizhìrénkǒu, [膾炙人口], appealing to the masses/universally appreciated (idiom)
        
        lǎozhàngren, (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
        mièjuérénxìng, [滅絕人性], to be devoid of all humanity/inhuman/bestial
        wéirénshībiǎo, [為人師表], to serve as a model for others (idiom)/to be a worthy teacher
        
        zhàiwùrén, [債務人], debtor
        
        xiānshēngduórén, [先聲奪人], to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
        wàixiāngrén, [外鄉人], a stranger/out-of-towner
        
        dǎirén, bad person/evildoer/robber
        
        
        
        réncóng, [人叢], crowd of people
        tónglùrén, fellow traveler/comrade
        
        Éluósīrén, [俄羅斯人], Russian (person)
        
        shìzàirénwéi, [事在人為], the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort...
        ānrén, to pacify the people/landlady (old)/wife of 員外|员外[yuán wài], landlord
        rénshēngdǐngfèi, [人聲鼎沸], lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)/hubbub/brouhaha
        
        
        
        zhǔrénwēng, master (of the house)/main character in a novel etc/hero or heroine
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Tǎjíkèrén, Tajik (person)
        
        
        
        
        yǒuxīnrén, resolute person/person with aspirations/people who feel/people who use their hea...
        yǎrén, poetic individual/person of refined temperament
        
        
        rénshìchù, [人事處], human resources department
        nǐrén, [擬人], personification/anthropomorphism
        xiàlǐbārén, folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chǔ guó]/popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[y...
        Ruìshìrén, Swiss (person)
        
        
        
        Wūzībiékèrén, [烏茲別克人], Uzbek (person)
        Fēilǜbīnrén, [菲律賓人], Filipino
        
        gèrénchóngbài, [個人崇拜], personality cult
        shārényuèhuò, [殺人越貨], to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
        
        tiānzāirénhuò, [天災人禍], natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
        shìrén, scholar
        
        sǔnrénlìjǐ, [損人利己], harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detrimen...
        jiàhuòyúrén, [嫁禍於人], to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others/to pass the buck
        
        rènrénwéiqīn, [任人唯親], to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism/corrupt appointment
寿         
        réncì, person-times/visits/classifier for number of people participating
        
        zhìrén, Homo sapiens
        hòujìyǒurén, [後繼有人], to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
        nírén, clay figurine
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Hánguórén, [韓國人], Korean (person)
        
        
        
        zhōnglǎoniánrén, middle-aged and elderly people
        
        
        dàikuǎnrén, [貸款人], the lender
        zhòngrénshícháihuǒyàngāo, [眾人拾柴火焰高], when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)/the more people, the ...
        Zhōngguórén, [中國人], Chinese person
        
        
        
        miǎowúrényān, [渺無人煙], remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted/God-forsaken
        
        
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        shòurényǐbǐng, to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom)/to give someone a hold on oneself
        
        
        shějǐjiùrén, [捨己救人], to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people/altr...
        
        ruìdiǎnrén, Swede
        
        
        
        
        tóumiànrénwù, [頭面人物], leading figure/bigwig
        rényānxīshǎo, [人煙稀少], no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
        fārénshēnsī, [發人深思], (idiom) thought-provoking/to give one food for thought
        
        réngéhuà, to personalize/anthropomorphism
        rénxīnbùgǔ, the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
        
        dàorén, Taoist devotee (honorific)
        
        
        
        
        
        zǒngrénkǒu, [總人口], total population
        xuérén, [學人], scholar/learned person
        
        
        
        
        Gǎngrén, Hong Kong person or people
        
        
        
        rénwénzhǔyì, [人文主義], humanism
        réncái, variant of 人才[rén cái]
        héxǔrén, [何許人], (literary) what kind of person
        jiāorén, [驕人], worthy of pride/impressive/enviable/to show contempt for others
        rénjū, human habitat
        
        rénsuǒgòngzhī, something that everybody knows
        fǎnmiànrénwù, negative character/bad guy (in a story)
        kuòrén, [闊人], rich person/the rich
        
        
        
        
        rénmíndǎng, [人民黨], People's party (of various countries)
        
        
        
        
        
        chéngrénzhīwēi, to take advantage of sb's precarious position
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        míngyǎnrén, perspicacious person/sb with a discerning eye/sighted person (as opposed to blin...
        ZhōngguóRénmínJiěfàngjūn, [中國人民解放軍], Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
        gǎnwéirénxiān, [敢為人先], to dare to be first/to pioneer (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        hàirénchóng, [害人蟲], pest/evildoer
        
        
        
        
        Shuānglìrén, [雙立人], J. A. Henckels (brand)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        rénmíngōngshè, people's commune
        
        
        
        wùrénzǐdì, [誤人子弟], (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress/(of media) to pr...
        Réntóumǎ, [人頭馬], Rémy Martin cognac
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        měirénjiāo, canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)
        
        
        
        
        Mǎláirén, [馬來人], Malay person or people
        tíànrén, proposer
        
        
        
        zhuāngjiarén, [莊稼人], (coll.) farmer
        
        rénmínfǎyuàn, people's court (of law)/people's tribunal
        
        
        kèlóngrén, clone human
        
        
        
        Qīngrén, Qing dynasty person
        
        
        
        
        ǒurén, idol (i.e. statue for worship)
        chǎnyègōngrén, [產業工人], industrial worker
        
        jīqìrénxué, [機器人學], robotics
        rénzàosī, [人造絲], rayon
        
        
        
        
        
        yèlánrénjìng, [夜闌人靜], the still of the night (idiom)/late at night
        
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        yuánrén, prehistoric man/primitive man
        
        rénmínjǐngchá, civil police/PRC police
        
        
        
        réndìngshèngtiān, [人定勝天], man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
        bǎorén, guarantor/person paying bail
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jǔrén, [舉人], graduate/successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
        
        
        èrrénzhuàn, [二人轉], genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
        
        rènrénwéixián, [任人唯賢], to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of...
        
        
        
        
        liángrén, husband (arch.)
        
        
        
        
        
        gǒuzhàngrénshì, [狗仗人勢], a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully ...
        
        
        
        fǎdìngrénshù, [法定人數], quorum
        kēngrén, to cheat sb
        
        
        
        rénhuò, [人禍], human disaster
        
        
        yìxiāngrén, [異鄉人], stranger
        
        
        
        kuānyǐdàirén, [寬以待人], to be lenient with others (idiom)
        rénxīnsuǒxiàng, that which is yearned for by the public
        
        

        Xiānsheng/xiānsheng, Mister (Mr.), teacher/husband/doctor (dialect)/CL:位[wèi]
        fāshēng, [發生], to happen/to occur/to take place/to break out
        shēnghuó, life/activity/to live/livelihood
        yīshēng, [醫生], doctor/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
        shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
        shēng, to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
        shēngqì, [生氣], to get angry/to take offense/angry/vitality/liveliness
        shēngrì, birthday/CL:個|个[gè]
        shēngyì/shēngyi, life force/vitality, business/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
        xuésheng, [學生], student/schoolchild
        rénshēng, life (one's time on earth)
        yīshēng, all one's life/throughout one's life
        chūshēng, to be born
        nǚshēng, schoolgirl/female student/girl
        chǎnshēng, [產生], to arise/to come into being/to come about/to give rise to/to bring into being/to...
        shēngwù, organism/living creature/life form/biological/CL:個|个[gè]
        nánshēng, schoolboy/male student/boy/guy (young adult male)
        shēngcún, to exist/to survive
        shēngbìng, to fall ill
        mòshēngrén, stranger
        tiānshēng, nature/disposition/innate/natural
        shēngyá, career/life (way in which sb lives)/period of one's life
        
        shēngchǎn, [生產], to produce/to manufacture/to give birth to a child
        
        mòshēng, strange/unfamiliar
        wèishēng, [衛生], health/hygiene/sanitation
        shēngsǐ, life or death
        qīnshēng, [親生], one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)/biological (parents)/birth (parent...
        shíxísheng, [實習生], intern (student)
        fúwùshēng, [服務生], server (at a restaurant)
        wèishēngjiān, [衛生間], bathroom/toilet/WC/CL:間|间[jiān]
        dànshēng, [誕生], to be born
        chùsheng, domestic animal/brute/bastard
        huāshēng, peanut/groundnut/CL:粒[lì]
        xìngshēnghuó, sex life
        shēngzhǎng, [生長], to grow
        shēnglǐ, physiology
        shēnglái, [生來], from birth/by one's nature
        shēnghuà, biochemistry
        xīnshēng, new/newborn/emerging/nascent/rebirth/regeneration/new life/new student
        huóshēngshēng, real (people)/living (artist)/while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
        dàxuéshēng, [大學生], university student/college student
        zhōngshēng, [終生], throughout one's life/lifetime/lifelong
        shēnghuán, [生還], to return alive/to survive
        yǒngshēng, to live forever/eternal life/all one's life
        zàishēng, to be reborn/to regenerate/to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)/recycli...
        gāozhōngshēng, senior high school student
        huāshēngjiàng, [花生醬], peanut butter
        shēngqián, (of a deceased) during one's life/while living
        wéishēng, [為生], to make a living
        shēngxiào, to take effect/to go into effect
        kàngshēngsù, antibiotic
        jìshēngchóng, [寄生蟲], parasite (biology)/(fig.) freeloader
        sīshēnghuó, private life
        sàngshēng, [喪生], to die/to lose one's life
        yěshēng, wild/undomesticated
        táoshēng, to flee for one's life
        móushēng, [謀生], to seek one's livelihood/to work to support oneself/to earn a living
        shēngyù, to bear/to give birth/to grow/to rear/to bring up (children)/fertility
        jiùshēngyuán, [救生員], lifeguard
        bìshēng, [畢生], all one's life/lifetime
        bìyèshēng, [畢業生], graduate
        shēngdòng, [生動], vivid/lively
        yánjiūshēng, graduate student/postgraduate student/research student
        
        wéishēngsù, [維生素], vitamin
        qǐsǐhuíshēng, to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
        shēngfù, biological father
        shēnghuǒ, to make a fire/to light a fire
        jiēshēng, to deliver (a newborn child)
        shēngjì, [生計], livelihood
        qiúshēng, to seek survival/to possess the will to live
        shēngxiù, [生銹], to rust/to grow rusty/to corrode/oxidization
        bànshēng, half a lifetime
        sīshēngzǐ, illegitimate child (male)/bastard/love child
        
        shēngmǔ, natural mother/birth mother
        shēngzhíqì, reproductive organ/genitals
        fùshēng, [復生], to be reborn/to recover/to come back to life/to regenerate
        
        
        
        shēngtài, [生態], ecology
        jiùshēng, to save a life/life-saving
        xuéshenghuì, [學生會], student union
        chóngshēng, to be reborn/rebirth
        xīnshēngér, [新生兒], newborn baby/neonate
        yǒushēngyǐlái, [有生以來], since birth/for one's whole life
        jiàngshēng, to be born/arrival of newborn/birth (of a savior or religious leader)
        wèishēngzhǐ, [衛生紙], toilet paper/bathroom tissue
        shēngjī, [生機], opportunity to live/to reprieve from death/life force/vitality
        jīnshēng, this life
        shēngwùxué, [生物學], biology
        shēngpíng, life (a person's whole life)/in one's entire life
        tòngbùyùshēng, to be so in pain as to not want to live/to be so grieved as to wish one were dea...
        zìshēngzìmiè, [自生自滅], to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
        chángshēngbùlǎo, [長生不老], immortality
        shēngchéng, to generate/to produce/generated/produced
        
        shēngzhí, to reproduce/to flourish
        luánshēng, [孿生], twin
        shēnglù, a way to make a living/a way to survive/a way out of a predicament
        Àidíshēng, [愛迪生], Edison (name)/Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman
        shēngmìnglì, vitality
        
        jìshēng, to live in or on another organism as a parasite/to live by taking advantage of o...
        shēnglíng, [生靈], (literary) the people/living thing/creature
        
        sǐlǐtáoshēng, [死裡逃生], mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape/to survive by the skin of o...
        shēngcài, lettuce/raw fresh vegetables/greens
        jiùshēngtǐng, lifeboat
        Wèishēngbù, [衛生部], Ministry of Health
        shēngsǐyōuguān, [生死攸關], matter of life and death
        xiǎoxuéshēng, [小學生], primary school student/schoolchild/CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]/(fig.) beginner
        shìyìngshēng, [侍應生], waiter/waitress
        zhōngxuéshēng, [中學生], middle-school student/high school student
        shēngwùxuéjiā, [生物學家], biologist
        
        shēnghuófèi, [生活費], cost of living/living expenses/alimony
        wēishēngwù, microorganism
        jiùshēngyī, life jacket/life vest
        tǔshēngtǔzhǎng, [土生土長], locally born and bred/indigenous/home-grown
        dúshēngzǐ, [獨生子], only son
        wèishēngmián, [衛生棉], sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)/sanita...
线         shēngchǎnxiàn, [生產線], assembly line/production line
        shēngshū, unfamiliar/strange/out of practice/not accustomed
        
        dúshēngnǚ, [獨生女], an only daughter
        hǎohǎoxiānsheng, Mr Goody-goody/yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
        
        shēngéryùnǚ, [生兒育女], to bear and raise children
        wúzhōngshēngyǒu, [無中生有], to create something from nothing (idiom)
        chūshēngrùsǐ, from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water/brave/willing...
        wèishēngjīn, [衛生巾], sanitary towel
        chūshēngdì, birthplace
        
        zìlìgēngshēng, regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)/self-reliance
        wéishēng, [維生], abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wéi chí shēng huó]
        shēngtūnhuóbō, [生吞活剝], to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
        shēnglónghuóhǔ, [生龍活虎], lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)/fig. vigorous and lively
        ānshēng, peaceful/restful/quiet/still
        shìzhěshēngcún, [適者生存], survival of the fittest
        yèshēnghuó, night life
        
        yīshēngyīshì, a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
        shēngwùwǔqì, biological weapon
        qìngshēng, [慶生], to celebrate a birthday
        hújìshēng, mistletoe
        shēngyúpiàn, [生魚片], sashimi
        shēngwùtǐ, [生物體], organism
        
        
        jìhuàshēngyù, [計劃生育], family planning
        shāshēng, [殺生], to take the life of a living creature
        shēngxìng, natural disposition
        
        shēngrìkǎ, birthday card
        zīshēng, to breed/to flourish/to cause/to provoke/to create
        shēnglǐxué, [生理學], physiology
        lǎoshēngchángtán, [老生常談], an old observation (idiom)/a truism/banal comments
        xuéshengzhèng, [學生證], student identity card
        shēngrén, stranger/living person/to give birth/to be born (in a certain time or place)
        
        gāocáishēng, student of great ability
        shēngsǐcúnwáng, matter of life and death
        
        shēngyìng, stiff/harsh
        
        rěshìshēngfēi, to stir up trouble
        xǔxǔrúshēng, vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life/realistic
        zhāoshēng, to enroll new students/to get students
        shēngròu, raw meat
        shēngjiāng, [生薑], fresh ginger
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        píngshēng, all one's life
        
        tōushēng, to live without purpose
        shúnéngshēngqiǎo, with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
        Qiángshēng, [強生], Johnson (surname)/Johnson & Johnson (company)
        láishēng, [來生], next life
        shēngshēngbùxī, to grow and multiply without end
        shēngjībóbó, [生機勃勃], full of vitality
        shīshēng, [師生], teachers and students
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        shēnglǎobìngsǐ, lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die/fig. the fate of humankind ...
        chūshēngzhèng, [出生證], birth certificate/CL:張|张[zhāng]
        
        chūzhōngshēng, junior high student
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        fúyóushēngwù, plankton
        
        wèishēngjú, [衛生局], health office/bureau of hygiene
        shēngfā, [生發], to emerge and grow/to develop
        shēngpà, to fear/afraid/extremely nervous/for fear that/to avoid/so as not to
        
        jiāoshēngguànyǎng, [嬌生慣養], pampered and spoiled since childhood
        shēngmènqì, [生悶氣], to seethe/to sulk/to be pissed off (vulgar)
        shēngqìbóbó, [生氣勃勃], full of vitality
        yǎnshēng, to give rise to/to derive/derivative/derivation
        rěshìshēngfēi, variant of 惹是生非[rě shì shēng fēi]
        mínshēng, people's livelihood/people's welfare
        shēngshǒu, novice/new hand/sb new to a job
        hòushēng, [後生], young generation/youth/young man
        
        
        
        shēngjiù, to be born with/to be gifted with
        zuòshēngrì, to celebrate a birthday/to give a birthday party
        jiùshēngchuán, lifeboat
        
        huāshēngmǐ, shelled peanuts
        péngbìshēnghuī, [蓬蓽生輝], Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling/see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[péng bì shēn...
        
        shēngyǎng, [生養], to bring up (children)/to raise/to bear
        
线         shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
        jiùshēngquān, life buoy/life belt/(jocularly) flab/spare tire
        
        gòngshēng, symbiosis
        yíngshēng/yíngsheng, [營生], to earn a living, (coll.) job/work
        
        cóngshēng, [叢生], growing as a thicket/overgrown/breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disor...
        
        yuánshēng, original/primary/native/indigenous/proto-/stock (firmware)
        zhòngshēng, [眾生], all living things
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        jiùshēngfá, a life raft
        
        liǎowúshēngqù, [了無生趣], to lose all interest in life (idiom)
        yúnyúnzhòngshēng, [蕓蕓眾生], every living being (Buddhism)/the mass of common people
        shēngwùjiǎn, [生物鹼], alkaloid
        gǔshēngwùxuéjiā, [古生物學家], palaeontologist/paleobiologist
        shēngzǐ, to give birth to a child or children
        yóuránérshēng, arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous/to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
        shuāngshēng, [雙生], twin (attributive)/twins
        tánxiàofēngshēng, [談笑風生], to talk cheerfully and wittily/to joke together
        chāoshēng, to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy/to be reincarnated/to b...
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        wúshìshēngfēi, [無事生非], to make trouble out of nothing
        
        sānshēngyǒuxìng, the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)/(courteous language) it's my good fortun...
        shēngchǎnzǒngzhí, [生產總值], gross domestic production (GDP)/total output value
        shēngwùzhōng, [生物鐘], biological clock
        shēngchǎnlì, [生產力], production capability/productive force/productivity
        qiánshēng, previous life/previous incarnation
        shēngzhǎngjīsù, [生長激素], growth hormone
        hǎoshēng, (dialect) very/quite/properly/well/thoroughly
        
        shēngxī, to inhabit/to live (in a habitat)
        shēnglísǐbié, [生離死別], separated in life and death/to part for ever
        liúxuéshēng, [留學生], student studying abroad/(foreign) exchange student/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
        yìngyùnérshēng, [應運而生], to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)/to arise at an opportune time/able ...
        shēngyijīng, [生意經], knack of doing business/business sense
        
        sùmèipíngshēng, to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted/a complete stranger/n...
        Xīnshēngdài/xīnshēngdài, Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years), new generation
        tānshēngpàsǐ, [貪生怕死], greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly/clinging abjectly ...
        méngshēng, to burgeon/to produce/to conceive/to be in the initial stage
        
        chùjǐngshēngqíng, [觸景生情], scene which recalls past memories (idiom)/evocative of the past/reminiscent/to a...
        shēngcái, [生財], to make money
        zēngshēng, growth (of organism)/proliferation/supernumerary candidate (in imperial examatio...
        shūshēng, [書生], scholar/intellectual/egghead
        bànshēngbùshóu, underripe/half-cooked/(fig.) not mastered (of a technique)/clumsy/halting
        ménshēng, [門生], disciple/student (of a famous master)
        
        qīngshēng, [輕生], a suicide/to commit suicide
        jiǔsǐyīshēng, nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape/new lease of life
        shēngwùjiè, biosphere/natural world
        
        shēngwùquān, biosphere/ecosphere
        
        xiěshēng, [寫生], to sketch from nature/to do a still life drawing
        
        jìshēngwù, parasite
        miàoqùhéngshēng, [妙趣橫生], endlessly interesting (idiom)/very witty
        shēngzhíxiàn, reproductive gland/gonad/sex organ
        shēngqín, to capture alive
        shēngchén, birthday
        shēngchū, to give birth/to grow (whiskers etc)/to generate/to produce
        pàishēng, to produce (from sth else)/to derive (from raw material)/derivative
        shēngténg, extremely painful
        shuǐshēng, aquatic (plant, animal)
        shēngyuán, supply of students/source of students
        
        
        rènshēng, [認生], shy with strangers
        gāocáishēng, student of great ability/talented student
        fēnzǐshēngwùxué, [分子生物學], molecular biology
        jiéwàishēngzhī, [節外生枝], a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
        yǎngshēng, [養生], to maintain good health/to raise a child or animal/curing (of concrete etc)
        
        tāishēng, viviparity/zoogony
        duōniánshēng, perennial (of plants)
        chángshēng, [長生], long life
        cuīshēng, to induce labor/to expedite childbirth
        wèishēngqiú, [衛生球], mothball
        Yìbǔshēng, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家
        juéchǔféngshēng, [絕處逢生], to come back from death's door (idiom); unexpected rescue from danger/fig. to re...
        shēnghuī, [生輝], to dazzle/to brighten up (a room etc)
        xiūyǎngshēngxī, [休養生息], to recover/to recuperate
        
        shēngshuǐ, unboiled water
        
        
        
        shēngtiě, [生鐵], pig iron
        
        shēngwùzhàn, [生物戰], germ warfare/biological warfare
        fāshēnglǜ, [發生率], rate of occurrence
        yǎnshēngwù, a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
        
        
        jiànxíshēng, [見習生], apprentice/probationer/cadet
        wēishēngwùxué, [微生物學], microbiology
        
        pàshēng, fear of strangers/to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
        
        
        
        
        jízhōngshēngzhì, quick witted in an emergency/able to react resourcefully
        
        kǎoshēng, exam candidate/student whose name has been put forward for an exam
        
        déyìménshēng, [得意門生], favorite pupil
        gǔshēngwù, paleo-organism
        yǎngshēngzhīdào, [養生之道], the way of maintaining good health
        mínbùliáoshēng, The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Histori...
        
        dúshēngzǐnǚ, [獨生子女], an only child
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        shēnglāyìngzhuài, to drag sb along against his will/to draw a forced analogy
        
        
        yuánshēngzhì, [原生質], protoplasm
        xiǎnxiànghuánshēng, [險象環生], dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
        lèjíshēngbēi, [樂極生悲], extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could stil...
        
        
        
        
        gǔshēngwùxué, [古生物學], palaeontology
        
        
        chìjiǎoyīshēng, [赤腳醫生], barefoot doctor/farmer with paramedical training (PRC)
        zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng, [置之死地而後生], place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "...
        
        
        
        shēngchǎnnénglì, [生產能力], manufacturing ability/production capacity
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        shēngxiào, one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]/animal fro...
        
        běnkēshēng, undergraduate student
        shēngpíjiǔ, draft beer/unpasteurized beer
        lǎoshēng, venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Ch...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yōushēng, [優生], eugenics/outstanding student
        
        
        
        cìshēng, derivative/secondary/sub-
        shēngchǎnlǜ, [生產率], productivity/efficiency of production
        
        
        
        
        qīqiàoshēngyān, [七竅生煙], lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)/fig. to seethe with anger
        
        shēngtàixué, [生態學], ecology
        
        
        
        
        wàngérshēngwèi, intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring/terrifying/overwhelming
        Àidíshēng, Addison (name)/Addison, city in United States
        
        wèishēngfángyì, [衛生防疫], epidemic-prevention
        yōushēngxué, [優生學], eugenics
        zīshēng, to multiply/to breed
        
        
        
        shēngchǎnzhě, [生產者], producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc)/manufacturer/(biology) auto...
        
        
        
        yìyèshēng, [肄業生], dropout student
        shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
        
        
        shēngcí, [生詞], new word (in textbook)/word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied/CL:組|组[zǔ],個|个...
        
        
        chūshēnglǜ, birthrate
        shēngyùlǜ, birth rate
        
        
        
        
        shēngsè, [生澀], unripe/tart/not fully proficient/somewhat shaky
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        cìshēnglín, secondary growth of forest
        shēngtàixuéjiā, [生態學家], ecologist
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        luòhuāshēng, peanut
        
        
        
        
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        shēngjīàngrán, [生機盎然], full of life/exuberant
        
        
        
        
        shēnglíngtútàn, [生靈塗炭], people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
        
        
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        shēngguāng, to emit light
        
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        shēngwùzhìpǐn, [生物製品], biological product
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        pàishēngcí, [派生詞], derivative word
        shēngyuán, [生員], scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
        
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宿         jìsùshēng, boarder
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        shēngtàiquān, [生態圈], ecosphere
        
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        biékāishēngmiàn, [別開生面], to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path/to break fresh ground
        
        
        
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        shēngbùféngshí, [生不逢時], born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)/born...
        
        
        
        
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        gōngdúshēng, [工讀生], student who also works part-time/(old) reform-school student
        HéngShēng, [恆生], Hang Seng (name)
        zàishēngchǎn, [再生產], producing a copy/to reproduce
        qīshēng, to cheat strangers/to bully strangers/(of domesticated animals) to be rebellious...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shēngxiān, [生鮮], fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
        
        shēngzào, to coin (words or expressions)
        
        
        
        shuòshìshēng, [碩士生], Master's degree student
        
        
        shēngyào, [生藥], unprocessed medicinal herb
        
        
        
        
        tóushēng, reborn (of departed spirit)/to be reincarnated/to leave home for a new life
        
        
        
        
        shēngfen, estranged
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yī, one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in...
        
        yīqǐ, in the same place/together/with/altogether (in total)
        yīyàng, [一樣], same/like/equal to/the same as/just like
        yīxià, (used after a verb) give it a go/to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)/one time...
        yīzhí, straight (in a straight line)/continuously/always/from the beginning of ... up t...
        yīqiè, everything/every/all
        yīdiǎn, [一點], a bit/a little/one dot/one point
        yīdìng, surely/certainly/necessarily/fixed/a certain (extent etc)/given/particular/must
        dìyī, first/number one/primary
        yīxiē, some/a few/a little/(following an adjective) slightly ...er
        wéiyī, only/sole
        yīhuìr, [一會兒], a moment/a while/in a moment/now...now.../also pr. [yī huǐ r]
        yīdàn, in case (sth happens)/if/once (sth happens, then...)/when/in a short time/in one...
        zhīyī, one of (sth)/one out of a multitude/one (third, quarter, percent etc)
        yībàn, half
        yībiān, [一邊], one side/either side/on the one hand/on the other hand/doing while
        yībān, same/ordinary/so-so/common/general/generally/in general
        yīshēng, all one's life/throughout one's life
        
        yībèizi, [一輩子], (for) a lifetime
        yīyī, one by one/one after another
        yīzhì, unanimous/identical (views or opinions)
        yīhuì, [一會], a moment/a while/in a moment/also pr. [yī huǐ]
        yīlù, the whole journey/all the way/going the same way/going in the same direction/of ...
        wànyī, [萬一], just in case/if by any chance/contingency
        
        yīdiǎnr, [一點兒], erhua variant of 一點|一点[yī diǎn]
        yītuánzāo, [一團糟], chaos/bungle/complete mess/shambles
        
        yīmiàn, one side/one aspect/simultaneously... (and...)/one's whole face
        
        yīwúsuǒzhī, [一無所知], not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant/without an inkling
        
        jìnyībù, [進一步], one step further/to move forward a step/further onwards
        yījiā, the whole family/the same family/the family ... (when preceded by a family name)...
        
        yīshí, [一時], a period of time/a while/for a short while/temporary/momentary/at the same time
        
        yīmúyīyàng, [一模一樣], exactly the same (idiom)/carbon copy/also pr. [yī mó yī yàng]
        yīzhènzi, [一陣子], a while/a spell/a short time/a burst
        yīxiàng, always (previously)/a period of time in the recent past
        yīgòng, altogether
        yīzhèn, [一陣], a burst/a fit/a peal/a spell (period of time)
        
        
        
        yǐfángwànyī, [以防萬一], to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case/prepared for any eventuali...
        yīxiàzi, in a short while/all at once/all of a sudden
        Xīngqīyī, Monday
        yīwúsuǒyǒu, [一無所有], not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking/without two sticks to rub to...
        dúyīwúèr, [獨一無二], unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled/nothing compares with it
        
        yīliú, top quality/front ranking
        yīzǎo, early in the morning/at dawn
        yīkuàir, [一塊兒], erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yī kuài]
        tǒngyī, [統一], to unify/to unite/to integrate
        Zhōuyī, [週一], Monday
        tóngyī, identical/the same
        dàchīyījīng, [大吃一驚], to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled/gobsmacked
        yītóng, along/together
        yīwúsuǒhuò, [一無所獲], to gain nothing/to end up empty-handed
        yījí, [一級], first class/category A
        yībùfen, portion/part of/subset
        yīkuài, [一塊], one block/one piece/one (unit of money)/together/in the same place/in company
        yītāhútu, [一塌糊塗], muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition/complete shambl...
        yīduì, [一對], couple/pair
        lìngyīfāngmiàn, on the other hand/another aspect
        yīwúshìchù, [一無是處], not one good point/everything about it is wrong
        yīshùnjiān, [一瞬間], split second
        yībānláishuō, [一般來說], generally speaking
        yīdài, [一帶], region/district
        yīguàn, [一貫], consistent/constant/from start to finish/all along/persistent
        yīlái, [一來], firstly, ...
        sìfēnzhīyī, one-quarter
        yīdàzǎo, at dawn/at first light/first thing in the morning
        
        
        yīcìxìng, one-off (offer)/one-time/single-use/disposable (goods)
        yīdài, generation
        yīrújìwǎng, just as in the past (idiom); as before/continuing as always
        yīqīngèrchǔ, to be very clear about sth (idiom)
        
        
        yīshíjiān, [一時間], for a moment/momentarily
        yīxīn, wholeheartedly/heart and soul
        yījǔyīdòng, [一舉一動], every movement/each and every move
        yīlùshùnfēng, [一路順風], to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
        yīpáng, aside/to the side of
        shíyī, eleven/11
        yījiànzhōngqíng, [一見鐘情], love at first sight (idiom)
        yītǐ, [一體], an integral whole/all concerned/everybody
        bùgùyīqiè, [不顧一切], reckless/regardless of everything
线         yīxiàn, [一線], front line
        
        sānfēnzhīyī, one third
        
        yītiāndàowǎn, all day long/the whole day
        dìyīfūrén, First Lady (wife of US president)
        yīxízhīdì, (acknowledged) place/a role to play/niche
        yīliánchuàn, [一連串], a succession of/a series of
        Yīyuè, January/first month (of the lunar year)
        yīshǒu, a skill/mastery of a trade/by oneself/without outside help
        rìfùyīrì, [日復一日], day after day
        yīshìwúchéng, [一事無成], to have achieved nothing/to be a total failure/to get nowhere
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        wànwúyīshī, [萬無一失], surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
        huànrányīxīn, [煥然一新], to look completely new (idiom); brand new/changed beyond recognition
        
        xiàyīdài, the next generation
        yījiāzi, the whole family
        yīfāngmiàn, on the one hand
        yīdù, for a time/at one time/one time/once
        
        yīqiàobùtōng, [一竅不通], lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)/I don't understand a...
        sǐlùyītiáo, [死路一條], (idiom) dead end/road to ruin
        
        yīshēn, whole body/from head to toe/single person/a suit of clothes
        
        yītóu, [一頭], one head/a head full of sth/one end (of a stick)/one side/headlong/directly/rapi...
        
        yīgègè, [一個個], each and every one
        yīgānèrjìng, [一乾二淨], thoroughly (idiom)/completely/one and all/very clean
        yīliùyān, [一溜煙], like a wisp of smoke/(to disappear etc) in an instant
        yīzài, repeatedly
        yīdòngbùdòng, [一動不動], motionless
        
        luànchéngyītuán, [亂成一團], in a great mess/chaotic
        yīyǎnghuàtàn, carbon monoxide CO
        yǎnyǎnyīxī, dying/at one's last gasp
        yǒuzhāoyīrì, one day/sometime in the future
        yīdào, together
        Shíyīyuè, November/eleventh month (of the lunar year)
        yīfānfēngshùn, [一帆風順], propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)/plain sailing/to go smoothly/have...
        
        yīgeyàng, [一個樣], same as 一樣|一样[yī yàng]/the same
        yīchéngbùbiàn, [一成不變], nothing much changes (idiom); always the same/stuck in a rut
        
        yīyánbùfā, [一言不發], to not say a word (idiom)
        yīchùjífā, [一觸即發], could happen at any moment/on the verge
        yīèr, one or two/a few
        gūzhùyīzhì, [孤注一擲], to stake all on one throw
        yībàitúdì, [一敗塗地], failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly/a crushing defeat/beate...
        
        dānyī, [單一], single/only/sole
        yīláoyǒngyì, [一勞永逸], to get sth done once and for all
        
        
        yīwǎngdǎjìn, [一網打盡], lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)/fig. to scoop up the whole lot/t...
        
        yīxiāngqíngyuàn, [一廂情願], one's own wishful thinking
        yīqùbùfùfǎn, [一去不復返], gone forever
        
        róngwéiyītǐ, [融為一體], to fuse together (idiom)/hypostatic union (religion)
        
        kōngwúyīrén, [空無一人], not a soul in sight (idiom)
        gàoyīduànluò, to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
        niánfùyīnián, [年復一年], over the years/year after year
        hùnwéiyītán, [混為一談], to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
        yīděng, first class/grade A
        yījǔ, [一舉], a move/an action/in one move/at a stroke/in one go
        yīqí, [一齊], at the same time/simultaneously
        yībǐgōuxiāo, [一筆勾銷], to write off at one stroke
        qíyī, one of the given (options etc)/the first/firstly
        yīshēngbùkēng, [一聲不吭], to not say a word
        
        zhuānyī, [專一], single-minded/concentrated
        yīshùn, one instant/very short time/the twinkle of an eye
        
        
        dǎchéngyīpiàn, to merge/to integrate/to become as one/to unify together
        yīdāoliǎngduàn, [一刀兩斷], lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)/fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
        gāorényīděng, a cut above others/superior
        
        
        yījuébùzhèn, one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse/ruined ...
        wéiyī, only/sole/variant of 唯一[wéi yī]
        yīsībùgǒu, [一絲不苟], not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules/meticulous/not one...
        lòuyīshǒu, to show off one's abilities/to exhibit one's skills
        
        
        yīyìgūxíng, obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)/willful/one's own way/dogmatic
        gèngshàngyīcénglóu, [更上一層樓], to take it up a notch/to bring it up a level
        
        yīmùliǎorán, [一目瞭然], obvious at a glance (idiom), obvious at a glance (idiom)
        
        yīyánnánjìn, [一言難盡], hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succ...
        yīshì, generation/period of 30 years/one's whole lifetime/lifelong/age/era/times/the wh...
        dìyīshǒu, first-hand
        lǎoyītào, the same old stuff
        bùyī, to vary/to differ
        yīdiǎndiǎn, [一點點], a little bit
        zhúyī, one by one
        Lǐbàiyī, [禮拜一], Monday
        yīshēngyīshì, a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
        yīkǒuqì, [一口氣], one breath/in one breath/at a stretch
        ěrmùyīxīn, a pleasant change/a breath of fresh air/refreshing
        yīshìtóngrén, [一視同仁], to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
        yīběnzhèngjīng, [一本正經], in deadly earnest/deadpan
        yīxīnyīyì, concentrating one's thoughts and efforts/single-minded/bent on/intently
        xǐjiéyīkōng, to steal everything
        
        shífēnzhīyī, one tenth
        héyī, to unite
        yīlǜ, same/uniformly/all/without exception
        yīxíng, party/delegation
        
        bùxièyīgù, [不屑一顧], to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
        
        duōcǐyījǔ, [多此一舉], to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous/gilding the lily
        rúchūyīzhé, [如出一轍], to be precisely the same/to be no different
        bùkānyījī, [不堪一擊], to be unable to withstand a single blow/to collapse at the first blow
        yīliǎobǎiliǎo, once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved/death ends all one's tr...
        yīyuèfèn, January
        zhídeyītí, to be worth mentioning
        wǔfēnzhīyī, one fifth
        dìyīliú, first-class
        
        chàyīdiǎnr, [差一點兒], erhua variant of 差一點|差一点[chà yī diǎn]
        yībìng, [一並]/[一併], variant of 一併|一并, to lump together/to treat along with all the others, to lump t...
        
        yīzhēnjiànxiě, [一針見血], lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)/fig. to hit the nail on the head
        yīpínrúxǐ, [一貧如洗], penniless
        
        
        yīgèjìn, [一個勁], continuously/persistently/incessantly
        yīyǎn, a glance/a quick look/a glimpse
        
        
        yīwénbùmíng, to be penniless
        chàyīdiǎn, [差一點], see 差點|差点[chà diǎn]
        
        yīluòqiānzhàng, lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)/fig. (of business, popularity ...
        qiānpiānyīlǜ, thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive/once you've see...
        
        
        yīmíngjīngrén, [一鳴驚人], to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yīqiánbùzhí, [一錢不值], not worth a penny/utterly worthless
        yīlián, [一連], in a row/in succession/running
        
        
        bùjūyīgé, not stick to one pattern
        huānjùyītáng, [歡聚一堂], to gather happily under one roof
        wǎngkāiyīmiàn, [網開一面], open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly/to give one's opponent ...
        yīchénbùrǎn, [一塵不染], untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible/spotless
        yáoshēnyībiàn, [搖身一變], to change shape in a single shake/fig. to take on a new lease of life
        yījiārén, household/the whole family
        shǔyīshǔèr, [數一數二], reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)/one of the very best/to list one by ...
        yīzhuǎnyǎn, [一轉眼], in a wink
        yīchángkōng, [一場空], all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing/futile
        
        héérwéiyī, [合而為一], to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
        yīménxīnsi, [一門心思], to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
        qiānjūnyīfà, [千鈞一髮], a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)/imminent peril/a matter of life or d...
        yībānshuōlái, [一般說來], generally speaking/in general
        dúshùyīzhì, [獨樹一幟], lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner/to s...
        yībǎshǒu, working hand/member of a work team/participant/(short form of 第一把手[dì yī bǎ shǒu...
        gōngkuīyīkuì, [功虧一簣], lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful/to fail through lack o...
        yīqìhēchéng, [一氣呵成], to do something at one go/to flow smoothly
        
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        lüèzhīyīèr, slight knowledge of sth/to know very little about a subject/a smattering
        wànzhòngyīxīn, [萬眾一心], millions of people all of one mind (idiom); the people united
        yīxiǎocuō, handful (of)
        
        yīwàngwújì, [一望無際], as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        bāfēnzhīyī, one eighth
        
        
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        yīwǔyīshí, lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full deta...
        shǐzhōngrúyī, [始終如一], unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
线         tǒngyīzhànxiàn, [統一戰線], united front
        
        wǔyī, 5-1 (May 1st)
        fùzhīyījù, to put to the torch (idiom)/to commit to the flames/to burn sth down deliberatel...
        yīgài, all/without any exceptions/categorically
        
        biǎolǐrúyī, [表裡如一], external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means/t...
        
        
        yīwǎngwúqián, [一往無前], to advance courageously (idiom)/to press forward
        zhèyàngyīlái, [這樣一來], thus/if this happens then
        
        yīděngjiǎng, [一等獎], first prize
        
        shāyījǐngbǎi, [殺一儆百], lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example t...
        
        yīdiǎnyīdī, [一點一滴], bit by bit/every little bit
        yīlǎnwúyú, [一覽無餘], to cover all at one glance (idiom)/a panoramic view
        SānwèiYītǐ, [三位一體], Holy Trinity/trinity
        
        
        yīguōzhōu, [一鍋粥], (lit.) a pot of porridge/(fig.) a complete mess
        yīchóumòzhǎn, [一籌莫展], to be unable to find a solution/to be at wits' end
        chūyī, first day of lunar month/New Year's Day/first year in junior middle school
        yīsǎoérguāng, [一掃而光], to clear off/to make a clean sweep of
        língjīyīdòng, [靈機一動], a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration/to be struck b...
        
        
        
        yītiáoxīn, [一條心], to be of one mind/to think or act alike
        yījǔliǎngdé, [一舉兩得], one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
        yīzhìqiānjīn, [一擲千金], lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money r...
        lǎoyībèi, [老一輩], previous generation/older generation
        yīmǎdāngxiān, [一馬當先], to take the lead
        yīlǎnzi, [一攬子], all-inclusive/undiscriminating
        
        
        
        liùfēnzhīyī, one sixth
        èrshíyīdiǎn, [二十一點], blackjack (card game)
        tánhuāyīxiàn, [曇花一現], lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once/flash in the pan (idiom)/short-lived
        hōngdòngyīshí, [轟動一時], to cause a sensation (idiom)
        
        tiānxiàdìyī, first under heaven/number one in the country
        
        
        yībǎnyīyǎn, lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the ...
        yīsīyīháo, [一絲一毫], one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit/an iota
        
        
        shǒuqūyīzhǐ, to count as number one (idiom); second to none/outstanding
        
        yībiāndǎo, [一邊倒], to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side/to support unconditionally
        
        yītiáolóng, [一條龍], lit. one dragon/integrated chain/coordinated process
        
        
        
        bèishuǐyīzhàn, [背水一戰], lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
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        sānqīèrshíyī, three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)/the facts of the matter/the actual situation
        yīlǎnwúyí, [一覽無遺], be plainly visible
        
        yīzhībànjiě, lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge/dilettan...
        
        
        yīniándàotóu, [一年到頭], all year round
        
        yīsǎoérkōng, [一掃而空], to sweep clean/to clean out
        yījiànrúgù, [一見如故], familiarity at first sight
        yīhuǎng, (of passing time) in an instant/(of a sight) in a flash
        yīgǔzuòqì, [一鼓作氣], in a spurt of energy
        yīwèi, blindly/invariably
        yīzhìxìng, consistency
        hóngjíyīshí, [紅極一時], tremendously popular for a while
        jìngyījìng, [靜一靜], to put sth to rest/calm down a bit!
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        mùkōngyīqiè, the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant/condescending/su...
        biéjùyīgé, [別具一格], having a unique or distinctive style
        
        yīqì, [一氣], at one go/at a stretch/for a period of time/forming a gang
        yīpánsǎnshā, [一盤散沙], lit. like a sheet of loose sand/fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
        
        yīwǎngqíngshēn, deeply attached/devoted
        yītǔwéikuài, [一吐為快], to get sth off one's chest
        
        
        
        yībānéryán, generally speaking
        yīwōfēng, [一窩蜂], like a swarm of bees/everyone swarms around pushing and shouting/a hornet's nest
        
        
        
        fēngmǐyīshí, [風靡一時], fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
        
        yīqìzhīxià, [一氣之下], in a fit of pique/in a fury
        yīkǒuyǎodìng, to arbitrarily assert/to allege/to stick to one's statement/to cling to one's vi...
        yīxíhuà, [一席話], the content of a conversation/words/remarks
        
        yījiànqīngxīn, [一見傾心], love at first sight
        
        
        yīpāijíhé, lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)/to hit it off/to click together/...
        
        
        bǎifēnzhīyībǎi, one hundred percent/totally (effective)
        yīzé, [一則], on the one hand
        hàngxièyīqì, [沆瀣一氣], to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with/villains will look after one anothe...
        yīniánsìjì, all year round
        yīyányīxíng, every word and action (idiom)
        yībùdēngtiān, reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) in...
        
        
        
        
        yīxīngbàndiǎn, [一星半點], just the tiniest bit/a hint of
        jǐjǐyītáng, [濟濟一堂], to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
        yījìzhīcháng, [一技之長], proficiency in a particular field (idiom)/skill in a specialized area (idiom)
        yīnuòqiānjīn, [一諾千金], a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
        yībānxìng, general/generality
        zhěngqíhuàyī, [整齊劃一], to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
        
        
        yīchuídìngyīn, [一錘定音], lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow/fig. to make the final decision
        
        bùkěyīshì, to consider oneself unexcelled in the world/to be insufferably arrogant
        
        
        
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        yīxiàozhìzhī, to dismiss with a laugh/to make light of
        
        dúdāngyīmiàn, [獨當一面], to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
        
        bùyīhuì, [不一會], soon
        
        yīyīngjùquán, [一應俱全], with everything needed available
        yībǎoyǎnfú, [一飽眼福], to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
        yīfǎnchángtài, [一反常態], complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic/entirely o...
        
        jiǔsǐyīshēng, nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape/new lease of life
        yībǎzhuā, to attempt all tasks at once/to manage every detail regardless of its importance
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīniànzhīchā, momentary slip/false step/ill-considered action
        yīyuán, single variable (math.)/univariate
        
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        yīqióngèrbái, [一窮二白], impoverished/backward both economically and culturally
        liúyīshǒu, to hold back a trick/not to divulge all one's trade secrets
        
        
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        qīnrúyījiā, [親如一家], family-like close relationship (idiom)
        huàyī, [劃一], uniform/to standardize
        
        
        
        
        
        shuōyībùèr, [說一不二], to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
        qīngyīsè, monotone/only one ingredient/(mahjong) all in the same suit
        bǎilǐtiāoyī, [百裡挑一], one in a hundred/cream of the crop
        
        yīhūbǎiyìng, [一呼百應], a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)/to respond en masse
        
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        yīshěn, [一審], first instance (law)
        
        quēyībùkě, not a single one is dispensable/can't do without either
        yīpǐn, superb/first-rate/(of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
        yītǐhuà, [一體化], integration/incorporation/unification
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qīfēnzhīyī, one seventh
        
        
        chuàntōngyīqì, [串通一氣], to act in collusion (idiom)
        yīyèzhàngmù, [一葉障目], lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)/fig. not seeing the wider picture/ca...
        yīxìliè, a series of/a string of
        
        
        yīpínyīxiào, [一顰一笑], every frown and every smile
        yīchàngyīhè, to echo one another (idiom)
        
        yībōsānzhé, calligraphic flourish with many twists/fig. many twists and turns
        yīyuèérqǐ, [一躍而起], to jump up suddenly/to bound up/to rise up in one bound
        
        
        yīqīngzǎo, early in the morning
        
        yīguōduān, [一鍋端], see 連鍋端|连锅端 [lián guō duān]
        
        yīgàiérlùn, [一概而論], to lump different matters together (idiom)
        lāoyībǎ, [撈一把], to profiteer/to gain some underhand advantage
        yīwǎngzhíqián, see 一往無前|一往无前[yī wǎng wú qián]
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        míngzàoyīshí, [名噪一時], to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
        yīcùérjiù, to get there in one step (idiom); easily done/success at a stroke/to get results...
        
        yīwàngwúyín, [一望無垠], to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        yīniánbànzǎi, [一年半載], about a year
        dàyītǒng, [大一統], unification (of the nation)/large scale unification
        yīshīzúchéngqiāngǔhèn, a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
        bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn, [百聞不如一見], seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself i...
        
        
        yīmǎpíngchuān, [一馬平川], flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        wéiyīxìng, uniqueness
        yīshǒubāobàn, [一手包辦], to take care of a matter all by oneself/to run the whole show
        
        yīpǐnhóng, [一品紅], poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
        èrfēnzhīyī, one half
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zhòngkǒuyīcí, [眾口一詞], all of one voice/unanimous
        
        
        huángliángyīmèng, [黃粱一夢], see 黃粱夢|黄粱梦[huáng liáng mèng]
        
        
        
        yībān, lit. one spot (on the leopard)/fig. one small item in a big scheme
        yīfāng, a party (in a contract or legal case)/one side/area/region
        
        
        
        
        
        
        lüèshèngyīchóu, [略勝一籌], slightly better/a cut above
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        niēyībǎhàn, to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
        
        tǒngyītǐ, [統一體], whole/single entity
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yībìngbùqǐ, to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        mòzhōngyīshì, unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice/no unanimou...
        jiǔfēnzhīyī, one ninth
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yīyuánhuà, integration/integrated/unified
        
        
        gèzhíyīcí, [各執一詞], each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
        
        
        yīmùshíháng, ten lines at a glance (idiom)/to read very rapidly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        shèngjíyīshí, [盛極一時], all the rage for a time/grand fashion for a limited time
        
        yīmàixiāngchéng, [一脈相承], traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
        
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        sānhéyī, three in one/triple
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīzhāoyīxī, lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)/fig. in a short period of time/overnigh...
        tǒngyīxìng, [統一性], unity
        
        
        
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        cóngyīérzhōng, [從一而終], faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīyǔdàopò, [一語道破], one word says it all (idiom)/to hit the nail on the head/to be pithy and correct
        
        
        
        
        yīguóliǎngzhì, [一國兩制], one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        fēngyī, front cover
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        bùguǎnsānqīèrshíyī, regardless of the consequences/recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic for...
        
        
        yībǎiyī, faultless/impeccable
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yītánsǐshuǐ, a pool of stagnant water/stagnant or listless condition
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        yīshénjiào, monotheistic religion/monotheism
        
        
        húnrányītǐ, [渾然一體], to blend into one another/to blend together well
        
        bùdiàoyīzhì, [步調一致], to be united in action
        shuǐtiānyīsè, water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīdiǎnyīdiǎn, [一點一點], little by little/bit by bit/gradually
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīzhǐkōngwén, [一紙空文], a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
        
        
        
        yīdīngdiǎn, [一丁點], a tiny bit/a wee bit
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yīláièrqù, [一來二去], gradually/little by little/in the course of time
        
        
        
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        zhènbìyīhū, to issue a call for action/to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom)
        
        
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        yánxíngyīzhì, (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīgǔnǎor, [一股腦兒], erhua variant of 一股腦|一股脑[yī gǔ nǎo]
        
        yīgǔnǎor, [一古腦兒], variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yī gǔ nǎo r]
        
        
        yīlùfēngchén, [一路風塵], to live an exhausting journey
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        duōyīshìbùrúshǎoyīshì, it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)/the less complications the bet...
        
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        yīlèi, [一類], same type/category 1 (i.e. class A)
        
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        yīzhīdúxiù, [一枝獨秀], lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)/fig. to be in a league of o...
        
        
        
        
        
        yīshēng, [一聲], first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shíyīyuèfèn, November
        
        
        
        jǔyīfǎnsān, [舉一反三], to raise one and infer three/to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
        
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        yīlǎn, [一覽], an overview/at a glance
        
        
        
        yīshà, in a flash
        
        
        yīchuídìngyīn, variant of 一錘定音|一锤定音[yī chuí dìng yīn]
        
        

        shìjiè, world/CL:個|个[gè]
        qùshì, to pass away/to die
        shìjì, [世紀], century/CL:個|个[gè]
        shìshàng, on earth
        quánshìjiè, worldwide/entire world
        Shì/shì, surname Shi, life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime/epoch/descendant/noble
        guòshì, [過世], to die/to pass away
        Jiùshìzhǔ, the Savior (in Christianity)
        shìrén, people (in general)/people around the world/everyone
        shìjiān, [世間], world/earth
        zhōngshìjì, [中世紀], medieval/Middle Ages
        shìshì, affairs of life/things of the world
        shìjièdàzhàn, [世界大戰], world war
        rénshì, the world/this world/the world of the living
        fènshìjísú, [憤世嫉俗], to be cynical/to be embittered
        zàishì, to be alive
        chūshì, to be born/to come into being/to withdraw from worldly affairs
        Sūlíshì, [蘇黎世], Zurich, Switzerland
        shìdào, the ways of the world/the morals of the time
        dìsānshìjiè, Third World
        Shìmào, [世貿], World Trade Organization (WTO)/abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织
        yǒngshì, eternal/forever
        yǔshìgéjué, [與世隔絕], to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
        Shìjièbēi, World Cup
        shìjièjí, [世界級], world-class
        shìsú, profane/secular/worldly
        zhuǎnshì, [轉世], reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
        shēnshì, one's life experience/one's lot/one's past history
        shìjiā, family influential for generations/aristocratic family
        shìshì, to pass away/to die
        shìgù/shìgu, the ways of the world, sophisticated/worldly-wise
        
        luànshì, [亂世], the world in chaos/troubled times/(in Buddhism) the mortal world
        shìdài, for many generations/generation/era/age
        yīshì, generation/period of 30 years/one's whole lifetime/lifelong/age/era/times/the wh...
        Gàishìtàibǎo, [蓋世太保], Gestapo
        qiánshì, previous generations/previous incarnation (Buddhism)
        yīshēngyīshì, a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
        chuàngshì, [創世], the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2)/the first foundational steps
        chénshì, [塵世], this mortal life/the mundane world
        wènshì, [問世], to be published/to come out
        
        wánshìbùgōng, to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions/frivolous
        juéshì, [絕世], unique/exceptional
        shìwàitáoyuán, see 桃花源[táo huā yuán]
        
        shìmiàn, aspects of society/the world
        
        rénshìjiān, [人世間], the secular world
        
        xiànshì, [現世], this life/to lose face/to be disgraced
        chǔshì, [處世], to conduct oneself in society
        gōngzhūyúshì, [公諸於世], to announce to the world (idiom)/to make public/to let everyone know
        hòushì, [後世], later generations
        shìjièguān, [世界觀], worldview/world outlook/Weltanschauung
        císhì, [辭世], to die/to depart this life (euphemism)/same as 去世
        jīngshìhàisú, [驚世駭俗], universally shocking/to offend the whole of society
        sānshì, the Third (of numbered kings)
        liúfāngbǎishì, (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom)/to leave a mark for g...
        mòshì, last phase (of an age)
        
        wénmíngyúshì, [聞名於世], world-famous
        jǔshìwénmíng, [舉世聞名], world-famous (idiom)
        shìshìdàidài, for many generations
        shìchóu, feud
        shèngshì, a flourishing period/period of prosperity/a golden age
        jǔshì, [舉世], throughout the world/world ranking (e.g. first)
        yànshì, [厭世], world-weary/pessimistic
        pǔshì, ecumenical/universal
        chuánshì, [傳世], handed down from ancient times/family heirloom
        jǔshìwúshuāng, [舉世無雙], unrivaled (idiom); world number one/unique/unequaled
        shìjǐnsài, [世錦賽], world championship
        xīshì, rare
        
        dàqiānshìjiè, great wide world/marvelously diverse world/(Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[s...
        
        shìdàixiāngchuán, [世代相傳], passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
        shìxí, [世襲], succession/inheritance/hereditary
        Shìbóhuì, [世博會], World Exposition/abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shì jiè Bó lǎn huì], World Expo
        
        ShìjièYínháng, [世界銀行], World Bank
        Guānshìyīn, [觀世音], Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśv...
        
        
        
        shìfēngrìxià, [世風日下], public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
        shìjiāo, (long time) friend of the family
        rùshì, to engage with secular society/to involve oneself in human affairs/to join the W...
        
        yǔshìwúzhēng, [與世無爭], to stand aloof from worldly affairs
        bùkěyīshì, to consider oneself unexcelled in the world/to be insufferably arrogant
        
        
        miànshì, to be published (of art, literary works etc)/to come out/to take shape/to see th...
        jǔshìzhǔmù, [舉世矚目], to receive worldwide attention
        
        shìjìmò, [世紀末], end of the century
        
        huāhuāshìjiè, the teeming world/the world of sensual pleasures
        Shìwèi, [世衛], World Health Organization (WHO)/abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī...
        
        huǎngrúgéshì, like a thing of the previous generation/as if it were a lifetime ago
        shìqíng, worldly affairs/the ways of the world
        jiāshì, family background
        
        shìshì, from age to age
        jīnshì, this life/this age
        qīshìdàomíng, [欺世盜名], to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        ShìmàoZǔzhī, [世貿組織], WTO (World Trade Organization)
        yǔshìchángcí, [與世長辭], to die/to depart from the world forever
        
        
        shìxì, lineage/genealogy/family tree
        
        shìtàiyánliáng, [世態炎涼], the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
        
        shìfēng, [世風], public morals
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wēiguānshìjiè, [微觀世界], microcosm/the microscopic world
        xiàshì, to die/future incarnation/next life/to be born/to come into the world/future gen...
        
        hùnshìmówáng, devil incarnate (idiom)/fiend in human form
        yángshì, [陽世], world of the living
        èrshì, the Second (of numbered kings)/second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shìtài, [世態], the ways of the world/social behavior
        shìjú, the situation (e.g. political)/the state of the world
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        wànshì, [萬世], all ages
        
        
        ShìjièMàoyìZǔzhī, [世界貿易組織], World Trade Organization (WTO)
        
        


        cǎo/cào, [艸], variant of 草[cǎo], grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/C...
        cǎoméi, strawberry/CL:顆|颗[kē]/(Tw) hickey/love bite
        cǎopíng, lawn
        yāncǎo, [煙草], tobacco
        xiāngcǎo, aromatic herb/vanilla/alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei/(fig.) loyal and ...
        cǎodì, lawn/meadow/sod/turf/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎoshuài, careless/negligent/sloppy/not serious
        qǐcǎo, to make a draft/to draw up (plans)
        cǎoyuán, grassland/prairie/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎotú, [草圖], a sketch/rough drawing
        dàocǎo, rice straw
        cǎoyào, [草藥], herbal medicine
稿         cǎogǎo, draft/outline/sketch
        dàocǎorén, scarecrow
        gēcǎojī, [割草機], lawn mower (machine)
        gāncǎo, [乾草], hay
        dǎcǎojīngshé, [打草驚蛇], lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)/fig. to inadvertently alert an en...
        zácǎo, [雜草], weeds
        cǎocóng, [草叢], underbrush
        gāncǎo, licorice root
        cǎobāo, idiot/straw bag
        cǎopí, turf/sward/sod
        cǎocǎo, carelessly/hastily
        cǎoàn, draft (legislation, proposal etc)
        cǎonǐ, [草擬], first draft/to draw up (a first version)
        yěcǎo, weeds/mistress or prostitute (old)
        sānyècǎo, [三葉草], clover/trefoil
        zhǎncǎochúgēn, [斬草除根], to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch/to elim...
        
        yàocǎo, [藥草], medicinal herb
        cǎochǎng, [草場], pastureland
        
        huācǎo, flowers and plants
        chúcǎo, to weed
        cǎogēn, grass roots (lit. and fig.)
        qīngcǎo, grass
        chúcǎojì, [除草劑], weed killer/herbicide
        cǎomù, vegetation/plants
        
        qiángtóucǎo, [牆頭草], sb who goes whichever way the wind blows/sb with no mind of one's own/easily swa...
        
        hánxiūcǎo, mimosa/sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
        
        shícǎodòngwù, [食草動物], herbivore
        
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        cǎomào, straw hat
        mùcǎo, pasture/forage grass/pasturage
        
        
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
        liángcǎo, [糧草], army provisions/rations and fodder
        jiǎncǎojī, [剪草機], lawnmower
        cǎoběn, grass/herb
        
        
        cǎozhǐ, [草紙], rough straw paper/toilet paper/brown paper
        cǎoguǒ, black cardamom/(dialect) strawberry
        cǎoxié, straw sandals
        liáocǎo, careless/slovenly/illegible (of handwriting)
        
        shuǐcǎo, water plants/habitat with water source and grass
        chúcǎo, [鋤草], to hoe/to weed
        cǎoliào, fodder
        cǎotǐ, [草體], see 草書|草书[cǎo shū]
        suōcǎo, coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
        gǔcǎo, [穀草], straw
        
        zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine
        cǎowū, thatched hut
        
        cǎoshū, [草書], grass script/cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
        
        
        cǎoběnzhíwù, herbaceous plant
        
        
        cǎocǎoshōuchǎng, [草草收場], to rush to conclude a matter/to end up abruptly
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        máocǎo, sogon grass
        dēngxīncǎo, [燈心草], rush (botany)/Juncaceae
        cǎobiān, [草編], straw weaving
        
        mǎngcǎo, Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
        cǎojī, [草雞], free-range chicken/(dialect) hen/cowardly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Cǎohǎi, Caohai Lake, Guizhou
        
        
        
        cǎosuān, oxalic acid CHÒ
        
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        hǎicǎo, seagrass
        
        
        

        Mù/mù, surname Mu, tree/wood/coffin/wooden/simple/numb/one of the eight categories of a...
        mùtou, [木頭], slow-witted/blockhead/log (of wood, timber etc)/CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
        mùǒu, puppet
        mùnǎiyī, mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
        
        mùbǎn, slab/board/plank/CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
        mámù, numb/insensitive/apathetic
        shùmù, [樹木], tree
        mùcái, wood
        mùmǎ, [木馬], wooden horse/rocking horse/vaulting horse (gymnastics)/trojan horse (computing)
        mùjiàng, carpenter
        Tiěmùzhēn, [鐵木真], Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Chéng jí sī hán]
        guànmùcóng, [灌木叢], shrub/shrubbery
        guànmù, bush/shrub
        mùzhuāng, [木樁], wooden pile/stake
        Mùlán/mùlán, [木蘭], Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang/see 花木蘭|花木兰[Huā Mù lán],...
        fámù, to cut wood/tree-felling/lumbering
        mùgùn, wooden stick
        Mùxīng, Jupiter (planet)
        
        mùzhì, [木製], wooden
        Língmù, [鈴木], Suzuki (Japanese surname)
        mùgōng, woodwork/carpentry/woodworker/carpenter
        xiàngmù, oaken
        dúmùzhōu, [獨木舟], dugout/canoe/kayak
        pínghéngmù, beam (gymnastics)/balance beam
        
        
        mùjī, wooden clogs
        zhuómùniǎo, [啄木鳥], woodpecker
        sōngmù, pine wood/deal/larch
        
        jīmù, [積木], toy building blocks
        
        mùfá, wooden raft/log raft
        mùliào, lumber/timber
        mùxiè, wood shavings/sawdust
        mùguā, papaya (Carica papaya)/genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae/Chines...
        mùshǔ, cassava, a tropical tuber plant
        mùzhì, [木質], wooden
        mùyǐchéngzhōu, lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)/fig. what is done ca...
        
        hóngmù, [紅木], red wood/mahogany/rosewood/padauk
        Gāomù, Takagi (Japanese surname)
        mùtǒng, cask
        
        guānmù, coffin
        
        yìngmù, hardwood
        mùchái, firewood
        yuánmù, logs
        
        mámùbùrén, numbed/insensitive/apathetic/thick-skinned
        cǎomù, vegetation/plants
        HuāMùlán, [花木蘭], Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk h...
        
        
        
        xiǔmù, rotten wood
        dúmùqiáo, [獨木橋], single-log bridge/(fig.) difficult path
        mùtàn, charcoal
        ruǎnmùsāi, [軟木塞], cork
        Qīngmù, Aoki (Japanese surname)
        
        mùqín, xylophone
        
        
        mùkuài, [木塊], block
        línmù, forest/forest tree
        
        
        fānmùguā, papaya
        
        Zuǒzuǒmù, Sasaki (Japanese surname)
        
        
        yòumù, pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)/shaddock/oriental grapefruit
        
        
        mùguǎnyuèqì, [木管樂器], woodwind instrument
        mùnè, [木訥], wooden and slow of speech/slow-speeched/inarticulate/unsophisticated
        
        
        tǔmù, building/construction/civil engineering
        fēngmù, [楓木], maple
        
        mùchuán, wooden boat
        
        
        
        Ālāmùtú, [阿拉木圖], Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
        
        
        
        
        
        mùjiàn, [木劍], wooden sword
        huāmù, flowers and trees/plants/flora
        
        
        mùzhìbù, [木質部], xylem
        qiáomù, [喬木], tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guàn mù], bush or shrub)
        ruǎnmù, [軟木], cork
        
        mùyú, [木魚], mokugyo/wooden fish (percussion instrument)
        mùmǎjì, [木馬計], wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
        wūmù, [烏木], ebony
        
        
        
        mùqì, wooden articles
        
        
        
        huàmù, [樺木], birch
        rùmùsānfēn, written in a forceful hand/penetrating/profound
        
        
        MùwèiÈr, [木衛二], Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
        
        Mùcūn, Kimura (Japanese surname)
        
        
        
        
        
        mùxiāng, costus root (medicinal herb)/aucklandia/Saussurea costus/Dolomiaea souliei
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        MùwèiSì, [木衛四], Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
        MùwèiSān, [木衛三], Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
        
        Huòěrmùzī, [霍爾木茲], Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
        
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        guǒmù, fruit tree
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zhěnmù, railroad tie/sleeper
        
        
        
        
        mùěr, edible tree fungus/CL:朵[duǒ]
        
        
        dàxīngtǔmù, [大興土木], to carry out large scale construction
        
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        yíhuājiēmù, lit. to graft flowers onto a tree/to surreptitiously substitute one thing for an...
        
        Mùzhà, [木柵], Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei
        
        
        
        
        mùrán, stupefied
        
        
        
        
        mùwèi, [木衛], moon of Jupiter
        
        
        
        
        
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        Tǎlǐmù, the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jiāomù, [膠木], bakelite
        
        
        
        
        zhǐjiànshùmùbùjiànsēnlín, [只見樹木不見森林], unable to see the wood for the trees/fig. only able to see isolated details, and...

        chūntiān, spring (season)/CL:個|个[gè]
        qīngchūn, youth/youthfulness
        chūn/Chūn, [旾], old variant of 春[chūn], surname Chun, spring (season)/gay/joyful/youthful/love/l...
        qīngchūnqī, puberty/adolescence
        chūnjì, springtime
        chūnjià, spring break
        chángchūnténg, ivy
        chūnguāng, scenes of springtime/the radiance of spring/(fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic...
        chūnjuǎn, [春捲], egg roll/spring roll
        chūnmèng, [春夢], spring dream/short-lived illusion/erotic dream
        Chūnrì, Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
        chūnyào, [春藥], aphrodisiac
        
        Chángchūn, [長春], Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast Chin...
        
        
        
        qīngchūndòu, acne
        
        kāichūn, [開春], beginning of spring/the lunar New Year
        chūnfēngdéyì, [春風得意], flushed with success/proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc)/as pleased...
        
        
        
        chūnsè, colors of spring/spring scenery
        chūnxīn, amorous feelings/stirrings of love
        Chūnqiū/chūnqiū, Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)/Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu ...
        
        
        huíchūn, return of spring
        
        miàoshǒuhuíchūn, magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure/brilliant docto...
        chūnyóu, [春遊], spring outing/spring excursion
        
        Chūnjié, [春節], Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
        mǎnmiànchūnfēng, [滿面春風], beaming/radiant with happiness
        
        
怀         huáichūn, [懷春], (of girls) to yearn for love
        
        
        xīnchūn, the beginning of Spring/the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
        Chūnfēn, Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th ...
        fāchūn, [發春], in heat
        chūnyǔ, spring rain/gift from above
        
        
        
        chūnqíng, amorous feelings
        yángchūnmiàn, [陽春麵], plain noodles in broth
        sīchūn, same as 懷春|怀春[huái chūn]
        
        chūnyì, beginning of spring/thoughts of love
        
        
        yángchūnbáixuě, [陽春白雪], melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chǔ guó]/highbrow art and litera...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        LǐYǔchūn, Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
        chūnbō, spring sowing
        
        
        
        
        yíngchūnhuā, winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
        xiǎochūn, 10th month of the lunar calendar/Indian summer/crops sown in late autumn
        
        màichūn, [賣春], to engage in prostitution
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        mǎnyuánchūnsè, [滿園春色], everything in the garden is lovely
        
        
        chūnyùn, [春運], (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
        chūnchá, tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Yángchūn, [陽春], Yangchun county level city in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[Yáng jiāng], Guangdong
        sīchūnqī, age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex/puberty
        
        
        
        
        
        chūnguāngmíngmèi, lovely spring sunshine
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zǎochūn, early spring
        yǔhòuchūnsǔn, [雨後春筍], lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth/many new thing...
        

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