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养生

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yǎng shēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to maintain good health
  2. 2. to raise a child or animal
  3. 3. curing (of concrete etc)

Words Containing 养生

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

自养生物
zì yǎng shēng wù

(biology) autotroph

养生之道
yǎng shēng zhī dào

the way of maintaining good health

养生法
yǎng shēng fǎ

regime (diet)

养生送死
yǎng shēng sòng sǐ

to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

Child Words of 养生

生
shēng

to be born

养
yǎng

to raise (animals)

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