活 着 huó zhe alive 活 to live / alive / living / work / workmanship 活 活 huó huó while still alive / simply / totally 活 生 生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) 在 to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) 在 世 zài shì to be alive 生 还 shēng huán to return alive / to survive 死 里 逃 生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth 活 捉 huó zhuō to capture alive 生 擒 shēng qín to capture alive 半 条 命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death 老 不 死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 活 埋 huó mái to bury alive 九 死 一 生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life 殉 葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead 人 间 地 狱 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time 焚 书 坑 儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) 虽 死 犹 生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit 阴 魂 不 散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 灵 床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive 坑 杀 kēng shā to bury alive / to ensnare 殉 死 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) 要 死 不 活 yào sǐ bù huó half dead / more dead than alive 蹦 跶 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 长 生 禄 位 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created) 儿 童 生 存 方 桉 Child Alive programme 春 光 乍 泄 chūn guāng zhà xiè spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom) / to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear) 冤 家 宜 解 不 宜 结 yuān jiā yí jiě bù yí jié It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb) 健 在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong 生 祠 shēng cí temple dedicated to sb still alive 留 活 口 liú huó kǒu to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation / (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live
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