| 存在 | cún zài | to exist / to be / existence |   |
| 实体 | shí tǐ | entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) | |
| 漂泊 | piāo bó | (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence | |
| 留有 | liú yǒu | to remain in existence / to retain | |
| 催生 | cuī shēng | to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence | |
| 度日 | dù rì | to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence | |
| 依存 | yī cún | to depend on sth for existence / dependent on | |
| 独居 | dú jū | to live alone / to live a solitary existence | |
| 苟且偷生 | gǒu qiě tōu shēng | to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence | |
| 孽种 | niè zhǒng | bane of one's existence / vile spawn | |
| 暮鼓晨钟 | mù gǔ chén zhōng | lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence | |
| 有神论 | yǒu shén lùn | theism (the belief in the existence of God) | |
| 人生如朝露 | rén shēng rú zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 人生朝露 | rén shēng zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 危如朝露 | wēi rú zhāo lù | precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 朝露溘至 | zhāo lù kè zhì | the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 枕冷衾寒 | zhěn lěng qīn hán | cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom) / fig. cold and solitary existence | |
| 浮云朝露 | fú yún zhāo lù | floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence | |
| 溘先朝露 | kè xiān zhāo lù | the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 身先朝露 | shēn xiān zhāo lù | body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
| 醉生梦死 | zuì shēng mèng sǐ | as if drunk or entranced (idiom) / leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor | |
| 寄生生活 | jì shēng shēng huó | parasitism / parasitic existence | |
| 人生一世，草木一春 | rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn | Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence | |
| 借命 | jiè mìng | to live out a pointless existence | |
| 坐吃享福 | zuò chī xiǎng fú | vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful | |
| 杞国 | Qǐ guó | the State of Qǐ / in modern Qǐ / county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence | |
| 求存 | qiú cún | survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence | |
| 在世证书 | zài shì zhèng shū | certificate of existence | |
| 存在价值 | | existence value | |
| 天煞孤星 | tiān shà gū xīng | bane of others' existence | |
| 吃案 | chī àn | (Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc) | |
| 历久弥新 | lì jiǔ mí xīn | lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom) / fig. timeless / unfading | |
| 基本盘 | jī běn pán | (political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense) | |
| 孟婆汤 | mèng pó tāng | potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence | |
| 存在感 | cún zài gǎn | sense of presence / sense of existence | |
| 蝇营狗苟 | yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu | lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain | |
