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 shēng huó life / activity / to live / livelihood
 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
 jì to send / to mail / to entrust / to depend on / to attach oneself to / to live (in a house) / to lodge / foster (son etc)
 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
 dài diàn to electrify / to charge / electrification / live (as in "live wire")
 shēng xī to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)
 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
 qī to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
 xiǎng shòu to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 shí jiàn practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
 jū zhù to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
 shēng jī opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality
 tóng jū to live together
 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty
 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
寿 cháng shòu longevity / ability to live long / long lived
 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn
 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along
 yǐn jū to live in seclusion
 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live
 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else)
 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing / to fail to live up to expectations
线 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
 ān jū to settle down / to live peacefully
 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic
 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
 yuè dōng to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter
 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist
 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence
 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
 qī shēn to stay at / to live in (temporarily)
 xiāng ān wú shì to live together in harmony
 cún wáng to live or die / to exist or perish
 guò huó to live one's life / to make a living
 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of
 huó tǐ living body / live specimen
 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
 zhāo qīn to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
 guī yǐn to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
 xiǎng fú to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life
 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
 jì jū to live away from home
 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
 liú lí homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee
 shí dàn live ammunition
 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable
 bù fù zhòng wàng to live up to expectations (idiom)
 shěng chī jiǎn yòng to live frugally / to economize on food and clothing / to scrimp and save
 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
 qún jū to live together (in a large group or flock)
 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu to live like a prince (idiom)
 shǒu guǎ to live as widow / to observe widowhood
 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
 sǎn jū (of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means.
 tōu shēng to live without purpose
 shì hūn trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
 yǐn yì to live in seclusion / reclusive / hermit / recluse
 dǎ yóu jī to fight as a guerilla / (fig.) to live or eat at no fixed place
 chī ruǎn fàn to live off a woman
 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence
 jié yī suō shí to save on food and clothing (idiom) / to live frugally
 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country
 huǒ tàn live coal / ember / burning coals
 liàng rù wéi chū to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom) / to live within one's means / You can only spend what you earn.
 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
寿 wàn shòu wú jiāng may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live
 máo zhū live pig
 guǎ jū to live as a widow
 chī xián fàn to live as a parasite / doing nothing to earn one's keep
 jī lu:3 to live abroad / to be traveling / traveler
 chuán mín people who live and make a living on boats
 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money
 zhé jū to live in seclusion
 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
 bǔ to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
 qù quiet / to live alone
 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony / to get along with each other
 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse
 míng bù fú shí the name does not correspond to reality (idiom) / it doesn't live up to its reputation
 xué wú zhǐ jìng no end to learning (idiom) / There's always something new to study. / You live and learn.
 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
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