生命 shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條... 命 mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc 命令 mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè] 救命 jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me! 命运 mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè] 致命 zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life 性命 xìngmìng, life 使命 shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling 待命 dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby 拼命 pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on... 遵命 zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid 命名 mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming 革命 gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì] 命中 mìngzhòng, to hit (a target) 要命 yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying 丧命 sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life 任命 rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ] 送命 sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed 活命 huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living 人命 rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo] 没命 méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately 逃命 táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life 命案 mìngàn, homicide case/murder case 卖命 màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself... 听命 tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs 奉命 fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders 算命 suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune 维他命 wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword) 寿命 shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine) 生命力 shēngmìnglì, vitality 受命 shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel 毙命 bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed 自命不凡 zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant 致命伤 zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel 听天由命 tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck 认命 rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth 天命 Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span 亡命 wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison) 死于非命 sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death 相依为命 xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter... 出人命 chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death 革命性 gémìngxìng, revolutionary 命根子 mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn] 偿命 chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life 死命 sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately 短命 duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived 亡命之徒 wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive 命题 mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic 人命关天 rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom) 舍命 shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life 自命 zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive) 饶命 ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life 抗命 kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders 命中率 mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate 生命线 shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline 命脉 mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline 命根 mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ... 疲于奔命 píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work 苦命 kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate 拚命 pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng] 命苦 mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star 狠命 hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength 殒命 yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish 草菅人命 cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom) 催命 cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually 授命 shòumìng, to give orders 革命家 gémìngjiā, a revolutionary 命相 mìngxiàng, horoscope 谋财害命 móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money 玩儿命 wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks 安身立命 ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit 奔命 bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run 文化大革命 WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) 绝命书 juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note 宿命论 sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic 复命 fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing 反革命 fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary 耳提面命 ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly 薄命 bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky 民主革命 mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t... K他命 ktāmìng, ketamine (C3H6ClNO) (slang) 一命呜呼 yīmìngwūhū, [一命嗚呼], to die (idiom)/to breathe one's last/to give up the ghost 一命归天 yīmìngguītiān, [一命歸天], see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū] 一命归西 yīmìngguīxī, [一命歸西], see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū] 一命归阴 yīmìngguīyīn, [一命歸陰], see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū] 一钱如命 yīqiánrúmìng, [一錢如命], stingy/penny-pinching 三军用命 sānjūnyòngmìng, [三軍用命], (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle 不听命 bùtīngmìng, [不聽命], to disobey 丢命 diūmìng, [丟命], to die 中国国民党革命委员会 ZhōngguóGuómíndǎngGémìngWěiyuánhuì, [中國國民黨革命委員會], Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang 临危受命 línwēishòumìng, [臨危受命], (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis 临危授命 línwēishòumìng, [臨危授命], to sacrifice one's life in a crisis 乐天知命 lètiānzhīmìng, [樂天知命], to be content with what one is 二次革命 èrcìgémìng, second revolution/campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government... 从命 cóngmìng, [從命], to obey an order/to comply/to do sb's bidding/to do as requested 以人名命名 yǐrénmíngmìngmíng, to name sth after a person/named after/eponymous 任命状 rènmìngzhuàng, [任命狀], certificate of appointment (to government office) 保命 bǎomìng, to save one's life/to survive 候命 hòumìng, to await orders/to be on call 借命 jièmìng, to live out a pointless existence 光荣革命 GuāngróngGémìng, [光榮革命], Glorious Revolution (England, 1688) 克他命 kètāmìng, ketamine (loanword) 八字命理 bāzìmìnglǐ, divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date 八宝山革命公墓 BābǎoShānGémìngGōngmù, [八寶山革命公墓], Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing 冒生命危险 màoshēngmìngwēixiǎn, [冒生命危險], to risk one's life 十月革命 ShíyuèGémìng, October Revolution 半条命 bàntiáomìng, [半條命], half a life/only half alive/barely alive/(scared, beaten etc) half to death 反革命宣传煽动罪 fǎngémìngxuānchuánshāndòngzuì, [反革命宣傳煽動罪], the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda 受命于天 shòumìngyútiān, to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven/to "receive the Mandate of Heaven" (tra... 受洗命名 shòuxǐmìngmíng, to be christened 听天安命 tīngtiānānmìng, [聽天安命], to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom) 命不久已 mìngbùjiǔyǐ, at death's door 命中注定 mìngzhōngzhùdìng, [命中註定], decreed by fate (idiom)/destined/fated 命令列 mìnglìngliè, command line (computing) (Tw) 命令句 mìnglìngjù, imperative sentence 命令行 mìnglìngháng, command line (computing) 命危 mìngwēi, (medicine) in a critical condition 命名作业 mìngmíngzuòyè, [命名作業], naming task 命名日 mìngmíngrì, name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year) 命名法 mìngmíngfǎ, nomenclature 命名系统 mìngmíngxìtǒng, [命名系統], system of nomenclature 命在旦夕 mìngzàidànxī, to be at death's door (idiom) 命定 mìngdìng, to be predestined 命归黄泉 mìngguīHuángquán, [命歸黃泉], lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)/fig. to die/to me... 命理 mìnglǐ, fate/predestination/divinatory art 命理学 mìnglǐxué, [命理學], divination/divinatory art 命盘 mìngpán, [命盤], natal chart (astrology) 命薄 mìngbó, to be unlucky 命赴黄泉 mìngfùHuángquán, [命赴黃泉], to visit the Yellow Springs/to die 命途 mìngtú, the course of one's life/one's fate 命途坎坷 mìngtúkǎnkě, to have a tough life/to meet much adversity in one's life 命途多舛 mìngtúduōchuǎn, to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom) 命题逻辑 mìngtíluóji, [命題邏輯], propositional logic 唯命是从 wéimìngshìcóng, [唯命是從], to follow obediently 嗜酒如命 shìjiǔrúmìng, to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle 四一二反革命政变 sìyīèrfǎngémìngzhèngbiàn, [四一二反革命政變], counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the... 国民革命军 GuómínGémìngjūn, [國民革命軍], National Revolutionary Army 图财害命 túcáihàimìng, [圖財害命], see 謀財害命|谋财害命[móu cái hài mìng] 好命 hǎomìng, lucky/blessed with good fortune 姒文命 SìWénmìng, Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[Dà Yǔ] 威尊命贱 wēizūnmìngjiàn, [威尊命賤], orders weightier than life 安非他命 ānfēitāmìng, amphetamine (medical) (loanword) 害命 hàimìng, to kill sb/to murder 宿命 sùmìng, predestination/karma 寒武纪生命大爆发 Hánwǔjìshēngmìngdàbàofā, [寒武紀生命大爆發], the Cambrian explosion 对证命名 duìzhèngmìngmíng, [對證命名], confrontation naming 寿命不长 shòumìngbùcháng, [壽命不長], one's days are numbered/not to have long to live (often fig.) 尊命 zūnmìng, your order (honorific) 工业革命 GōngyèGémìng, [工業革命], Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 平均寿命 píngjūnshòumìng, [平均壽命], life expectancy 应急待命 yìngjídàimìng, [應急待命], emergency standby/to be on standby 性命攸关 xìngmìngyōuguān, [性命攸關], vitally important/a matter of life and death 性质命题 xìngzhìmìngtí, [性質命題], categorical proposition (logic) 怨命 yuànmìng, to complain about one's fate/to bemoan one's lot 恭敬不如从命 gōngjìngbùrúcóngmìng, [恭敬不如從命], deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)/(said to accept sb's request, i... 惟命是听 wéimìngshìtīng, [惟命是聽], see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wéi mìng shì cóng] 戒命 jièmìng, prohibition 批命 pīmìng, to tell sb's fortune 拼命三郎 pīnmìngsānláng, brave man, willing to risk his life 拼命讨好 pīnmìngtǎohǎo, [拼命討好], to throw oneself at sb or sth/to bend over backwards to help 捐命 juānmìng, to lay down one's life 搏命 bómìng, to fight with all one has 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 jiùrényīmìngshèngzàoqījífútú, [救人一命勝造七級浮屠], saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) 救命稻草 jiùmìngdàocǎo, (one's) last straw to clutch at/one's last hope 敢不从命 gǎnbùcóngmìng, [敢不從命], to not dare to disobey an order (idiom) 数字命理学 shùzìmìnglǐxué, [數字命理學], numerology 新民主主义革命 XīnMínzhǔzhǔyìGémìng, [新民主主義革命], (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) 方命 fāngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders 无生命 wúshēngmìng, [無生命], inert/lifeless 旧民主主义革命 jiùmínzhǔzhǔyìgémìng, [舊民主主義革命], old democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelu... 时乖命蹇 shíguāimìngjiǎn, [時乖命蹇], bad times, adverse fate (idiom) 星命家 xīngmìngjiā, astrologer (esp. Daoist) 未命名 wèimìngmíng, untitled/unnamed/no name/nameless/unknown name 本命年 běnmìngnián, year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly br... 毕命 bìmìng, [畢命], to die (in an accident etc)/to have one's life cut short 汤武革命 TāngWǔGémìng, [湯武革命], the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the fi... 法国大革命 FǎguóDàgémìng, [法國大革命], French Revolution (1789-1799) 法国革命 FǎguóGémìng, [法國革命], French Revolution (1789) 灵命 língmìng, [靈命], the will of Heaven/the will of God 爱之如命 àizhīrúmìng, [愛之如命], to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself 爱财如命 àicáirúmìng, [愛財如命], lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)/fig. avaricious/tightfisted 生命不息，战斗不止 shēngmìngbùxī,zhàndòubùzhǐ, [生命不息，戰鬥不止], while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last 生命体征 shēngmìngtǐzhēng, [生命體徵], vital signs 生命吠陀 shēngmìngfèituó, Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)/also written 阿育吠陀[ā ... 生命周期 shēngmìngzhōuqī, [生命週期], life cycle 生命在于运动 shēngmìngzàiyúyùndòng, [生命在於運動], life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)/Physical effo... 生命多样性 shēngmìngduōyàngxìng, [生命多樣性], biodiversity 生命征象 shēngmìngzhēngxiàng, [生命徵象], see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng] 生命科学 shēngmìngkēxué, [生命科學], life sciences 生命迹象 shēngmìngjìxiàng, [生命跡象], see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng] 生死有命 shēngsǐyǒumìng, life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) 用命 yòngmìng, to follow orders/to abide by/to obey 甲基安非他命 jiǎjīānfēitāmìng, methamphetamine 申命记 Shēnmìngjì, [申命記], Book of Deuteronomy/Fifth Book of Moses 直言命题 zhíyánmìngtí, [直言命題], categorical proposition (logic) 相命者 xiāngmìngzhě, fortune teller 真命 zhēnmìng, to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)/ordained by heaven 短命鬼 duǎnmìngguǐ, sb who dies prematurely 碍难从命 àináncóngmìng, [礙難從命], difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to compl... 禄命 lùmìng, [祿命], person's lot through life 算命先生 suànmìngxiānsheng, fortune-teller 算命家 suànmìngjiā, fortune-teller 算命者 suànmìngzhě, fortune-teller 索命 suǒmìng, to demand sb's life 红颜薄命 hóngyánbómìng, [紅顏薄命], beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) 绝命 juémìng, [絕命], to commit suicide/to have one's life cut short 维它命 wéitāmìng, [維它命], variant of 維他命|维他命[wéi tā mìng] 肃清反革命分子 sùqīngfǎngémìngfènzǐ, [肅清反革命份子], to eliminate counterrevolutionaries/abbr. to 肅反|肃反[sù fǎn] 自命清高 zìmìngqīnggāo, to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous/holier-tha... 草芥人命 cǎojièrénmìng, see 草菅人命[cǎo jiān rén mìng] 行政命令 xíngzhèngmìnglìng, executive order 诫命 jièmìng, [誡命], commandment 资产阶级革命 zīchǎnjiējígémìng, [資產階級革命], bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revo... 身体是革命的本钱 shēntǐshìgémìngdeběnqián, [身體是革命的本錢], lit. the body is the revolution's capital/fig. good health is a prerequisite for... 辛亥革命 XīnhàiGémìng, Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty 运命 yùnmìng, [運命], fate/one's fortune 违命 wéimìng, [違命], disobedient/to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命[Tiān Mìng]) 钦命 qīnmìng, [欽命], Imperial order or edict (old) 长命富贵 chángmìngfùguì, [長命富貴], We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting) 陨命 yǔnmìng, [隕命], variant of 殞命|殒命[yǔn mìng]/to die/to perish 随时待命 suíshídàimìng, [隨時待命], on call/always available/ready at all times 非命 fēimìng, violent death/killed in a disaster 非致命 fēizhìmìng, not fatal/not life-threatening (medical condition) 革命先烈 gémìngxiānliè, martyr to the revolution 革命烈士 gémìnglièshì, martyr of the revolution 领命 lǐngmìng, [領命], to accept an order