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生
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Definitions
- 1. to be born
- 2. to give birth
- 3. life
- 4. to grow
- 5. raw
- 6. uncooked
- 7. student
Example Sentences
1 shown這兩個國家經常發 生 邊境衝突。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 生
the rice is cooked
birthday card
student movement
biochemistry
to sketch from nature
renewable resource
vital signs
student of great ability
everything is unfamiliar
to grow
(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
biological parents
natural child
ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[hán wǔ jì], c. 540m year ago
birthday
minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)
rate of occurrence
to live in or on another organism as a parasite
toilet paper
life has its ups and downs (idiom)
lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
dentist
living museum
immortality
to mass produce
gross domestic production (GDP)
to reproduce
latter half of one's life
separated in life and death
schoolgirl
extremely painful
vitamin
life cycle
biologist
life force
university student
to coin (words or expressions)
raw lacquer
to create something from nothing (idiom)
to generate
to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
date of birth
to save a life
life-and-death power
shredded ginger
inert
Hang Seng index (of Hong Kong stock market)
living facilities
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
perennial (of plants)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
to arise; to come into being; to come about
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
productivity
raw silk
inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom)
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company)
biological vector
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape
bioreactor
to work
birthday card
birthday
biodiversity
to produce; to manufacture
biochemist
to enroll new students
production reactor
derivative product
peanut
World Health Organization (WHO)
lit. brains rusty
unprocessed medicinal herb
biomechanics
renewable (resource)
biospecificity
production costs
Cryptozoic
see 老生[lǎo shēng]
biological oxygen demand (BOD)
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
fresh ginger
parasite (biology)
to give birth
place of birth
orthopedic doctor
peanut butter
psychiatrist
(literary) the people
to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby
(dialect) very
wild animal
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie
mouth-watering
to make a living
matter of life and death
organism
locally born and bred
Tennyson (name)
organism
new
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
mothball
Sinda, name of former county 1983-1999 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
plastic surgeon
environmental sanitation
Life is short, learning is limitless
biosphere
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
to do business
derivative (finance)
being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)
to develop love for sb out of pity for them
antibiotic
biotechnology
bionics
parents (father and mother)
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
to flee for one's life
production team
physiology
vitality
to grow without restraint
business
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
domestic animal
the critical moment
natural beauty
to give rise to
dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[hán wǔ jì], c. 540m year ago
long life
to be born
sashimi
physiologist
natural mother
every living being (Buddhism)
microbiologist
waiter
lifeguard
health official
throughout one's life
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom)
half-cooked
twin brothers
to seek one's livelihood
obscure or archaic character
endlessly interesting (idiom)
vivid
life or death
matter of life and death
supply of students
to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy
biological weapon
newly born
biodiversity
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
real (people)
biochip
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
life sciences
first half of one's life
to bear and raise children
to maintain good health
the will to live
regenerative medicine
to start rumours and create trouble
World Health Assembly
time served in prison
alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)
gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O)
Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
chiropractor
political life
devils are born in the heart (idiom)
biological weapon
sanitary equipment
way of life
to rust
mistletoe
graduate school
germ warfare
spin-off series (TV)
only (child)
spanning tree (in graph theory)
student
one-child policy
Edison (name)
parasitism; parasitic existence
to risk one's life
a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
to breed
plankton
alkaloid
to be reborn
Happy birthday
habitat
middle-school student
young generation
one's own flesh and blood
small-scale production
peanut butter
biological product
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
deserted (of a place)
All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
full of life
cosmology
bioengineering
to eat raw
midwife
student who also works part-time
lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit
inherent
an only daughter
driving force behind sth
fertility
chamber pot
(agr.) immature soil
midwife who induces labor
(Internet slang) nothing left to live for
Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
manufacturing ability
to be reborn
student of a senior high school
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
class Amphibia
germ cell
consumer goods
immortality
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
gifted or skillful writing
cornflour
the remaining years of one's life
probiotics
food chain
sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)
ecosystem
to be reborn
beautiful or talented writing
resplendent
livelihood
self-help (idiom)
half-cooked rice
production capability
full of vitality
stranger
biological clock
to give birth to
handsome but effeminate man
fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
to advertise
multicellular life form
to benefit the stomach and increase fluids (idiom)
a flashy lifestyle
growing as a thicket
symbiosis
Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
protozoan (bacteria)
newborn baby
ecosystem
only son
worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
natural disposition
exam candidate
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[shěn fù], published 1808
scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong
birthplace
(of a deceased) during one's life
saline (medicine)
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant
derivative word
aquatic (plant, animal)
all one's life
like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
resurrection
peanut
bio-energy
biological agent
intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring
production of speech
eco-friendly
sustainable city
subsistence farming
career
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
to make trouble
a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
urinogenital tract
to celebrate a birthday
a \screw that never rusts\ — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[léi fēng], to whom the metaphor is attributed
nature
senior high school student
developmental biology
trailing plant
server (at a restaurant)
microbiology
Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
teachers and students
student identity card
(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
plants in the wild
reproductive system
half a lifetime
health
lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good business
biopolymers
habitat; living environment
stranger
how
to tout
to subsist
\Mr Democracy\, phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[wǔ sì yùn dòng]
to eke out a living
reproductive organ
neurobiology
to die
life (a person's whole life)
switchboard operator
Klang (city in Malaysia)
life and death
aerial root (botany)
to feel intimidated
biology
credit derivative (in finance)
to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated
production facility
general practitioner
pampered and spoiled since childhood
long underwear pants
knack of doing business
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
to entice an inexperienced man
to manufacture in bulk
spiritual or moral life
to get angry
ecological footprint
morphogen
village doctor (Chinese health care system)
biomedical engineering
full of life
male military role in a Chinese opera
ecosphere
terrestrial (animal, species)
relations between levels of production
starch solution (cooking)
lifeline
private life
an only child
life jacket
embryogenesis
lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom)
bio-gas
biochemistry
candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
ophthalmologist
eumetazoa
domestic sewage
living standards
to be born with
annual (botany)
favorite pupil
renewable energy source
illegitimate child
schoolboy
annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly
all one's life
biodegradation
to emit light
to make money
growth (of organism)
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
Sinda village in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
to talk cheerfully and wittily
all smiles
fashion show (loanword)
see 生機盎然|生机盎然[shēng jī àng rán]
strange
sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
a match made in heaven; a perfect couple
nonrenewable resource
to seek survival
axillary (botany)
paleo-organism
dough
unfamiliar
to get married and have kids
consumer goods
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)
renewable resource
to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
to be quick to take offense; to have a short fuse
top student
twin sisters
to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism
to be born
people's livelihood
student studying abroad
to drag sb along against his will
a suicide
twin brothers
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā)
night life
mothball
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]
birth certificate
senior student
birth rate
to stir up trouble
since birth
fear of strangers
birth defect
reborn (of departed spirit)
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)
regime (diet)
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
barefoot doctor
biotechnology
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
to stir up trouble
ecologist
protist
biota
to rise from the ashes (idiom)
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
fertility
to burgeon
biological (warfare) defense
producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc)
to seethe
Kingdom Monera
biochemistry
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì])
biomass
this life
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
see 一回生二回熟[yī huí shēng èr huí shú]
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
Addison (name)
biological dosimeter
vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life
Hang Seng (name)
condom
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
menstrual period
biosensor
primary school student
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[hòu shēng láo dòng shěng])
lifeboat
It's too late to change anything now.
lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom)
opportunity to live
a gentle breeze comes with sunset (idiom)
student graduating in the current year
viviparity
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
to produce (from sth else)
to generate heat
graduate student
thriving and prosperous business or trade
eugenics
life (as the characteristic of living beings)
peaceful
excrescence
cell biology
unripe
to seem to grow younger
life is but a dream (idiom)
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
lifeboat
to live without purpose
planned childbirth
productive labor
feng shui master
see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]
survivor
tampon
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
predestined relationship
to dazzle
Asō (name)
to capture alive
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
to deliver (a newborn child)
\Mr Science\, phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[wǔ sì yùn dòng]
to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless (idiom)
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
foreordination
Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
familiarity breeds fondness (idiom)
(idiom) frail scholar
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
couple who were made for each other
agri-biotechnology
physiology
to celebrate a birthday
to be full of wit and humor
medical doctor; physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wài kē yī shēng]
to earn a living (esp. with negative)
next life
to be so in pain as to not want to live
survival of the fittest
schoolgirl
to be touched by a scene
gonad; reproductive gland
palaeontology
ecology
silence reigns (idiom)
molecular biology
see 阿育吠陀[ā yù fèi tuó]
oxytocin
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
Mr. Bean (TV)
Ratnasambhava Buddha
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
wildlife
Mr Goody-goody
health bureau (or office, or department, or agency)
radiogenic material
erythropoietin (EPO)
all one's life; throughout one's life
appreciation of the finer things in life
biological
paleontologist; paleobiologist
birth certificate
birthright
production unit
to be born
lifelong partner or companion
infant's part in opera, usually played by child actor
renewable fuel
logogen model
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)
to sacrifice one's life
wildlife park
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
sessile medusa
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
single-celled organism
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[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
biofuel
to increase the population, amass wealth, and teach the people to be faithful to the cause (in preparation for war, following a defeat)
lifetime achievements
junior high student
to appreciate life
science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
biodiesel
to live forever
pan-fried dumpling
biotechnology
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
parasite (human)
bathroom
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan (\the Corps\), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
growth hormone
biological-chemical warfare agent
reproductive organ
to disgust
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb
all living things
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF charity)
creeper
the common people in a miserable state
bioactivity
ecotourism
to engender one another
meristem
student on duty
parasite
biodiversity
to take root
gross national product (GNP)
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
graduate
to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)
svadhisthana, the navel or libido chakra, residing in the genitals
stiff
means of production
rescue team
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
not to do anything productive
estranged
the Cambrian explosion
birthrate
behavior
(coll.) job
virgin olive oil
(provincial) health department
Sinda county, name of former county 1983-1999 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
to grow and multiply without end
metazoa
associated gas (petrochemical engineering)
to exist
full of vitality
stiff
bioanalytical method
to die
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
unfamiliar
student union
to breed; to multiply
life (one's time on earth)
biopharmaceutical
public health
to recover
to bear
biosphere
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家
financial derivative
wild
fortune-teller
to give birth to a child or children
midwife
alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
disciple
to fall ill
growth rate
a truism
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
our mindset frames how we view the world
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it
Johnson & Johnson
(area where) vegetation grows
an illegitimate child
brilliant student
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
mossy
regenerative braking
(idiom) spiced with wit
calcium oxide CaO
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
reincarnation (Buddhism)
fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
to cheat strangers
dropout student
as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence
to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
weak student
newly enlisted officer student
agricultural producers' cooperative
to make a fire; to light a fire
new word (in textbook)
see 生機盎然|生机盎然[shēng yì àng rán]
student of great ability
newborn
previous life
the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
biological father
candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
biotechnology
pig iron
a life raft
draft beer
intern (student)
endogenous
to have sexual relations with sb
multivitamin
life's necessities
surgeon
medical intern
to write elegantly
from birth
(botany) opposite leaf arrangement
eugenics
to expand production
pelt
unboiled water
shy
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)
toilet paper
draft beer
the way of maintaining good health
microorganism
to live
secondary growth of forest
to look for trouble
great extinction of species
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
birth certificate
twin (attributive)
lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
new character (in textbook)
aplastic anemia
Bunsen burner
lit. the dead returning to life
prokaryote
life buoy; life belt
shelled peanuts
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
teacher
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
born out of wedlock
student who jumps a year
army life (idiom)
Epson, Japanese electronics company
to take effect
a way to make a living
to undercut competitors
life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
bioassay
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
gross domestic product (GDP)
life or death
physiological
insularization (as a threat to biodiversity)
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
transfer student
to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
cream
derivative
arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
biological ammunition
(idiom) amiability makes you rich
to fear
(astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
undergraduate student
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
quick witted in an emergency
coarse rice
scholar
prokaryotic cell type microorganism
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)
biomass
family planning
ecotourism
ecosystem
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher
boarder
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
absence makes the heart grow fonder
domestic garbage
to return alive
Hang Seng China affiliated index
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
bio-materials
to torment the people (idiom)
unfamiliar
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
light soy sauce
to make trouble out of nothing
surrogate pregnancy
national unified entrance exam
Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[wèn chuān xiàn], northwest Sichuan
(statistics) Student's t-test
underripe
starring male role in a Chinese opera
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
to emerge and grow
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
novice
to take the life of a living creature
sex life
illegitimate child (male)
(biology) autotroph
sexual reproduction
isogamy
doctor
parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)
ecology
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
living fossil
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
apprentice
reclaimed water; recycled water
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
to reproduce
male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
biographic sketch
shy with strangers
benthos
Ministry of Health
university and high school students
health office
barbarian
original
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom)
(dialect) peanut
fresh troops
(adj.) twin
quack
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
antibiotic resistance
to reoccur
heavy water production
see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]
manufacturer
biomass
parazoan (animal of the subkingdom Parazoa, mostly sponges)
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
sanitary towel
ketogenic diet
protoplasm
no way to get by
inseparable partner
bioterrorism
Patriotic Health Committee
to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
Master's degree student
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)
nursing student
lettuce
vocabulary words (in language-learning books)
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
shy
side issues keep arising (idiom)
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
to bring up (children)
auxin (plant growth hormone)
to revive
universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
biennial (botany)
to be reborn
hair restorer
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
wild cat
birth permit
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom)
raw meat
biological product
to earn a living
Life is short, learning is limitless
it's a small world (idiom)
scene which recalls past memories (idiom)
to inhabit
oncologist (medicine)
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
cost of living
vocabulary notebook
assembly line