养活
yǎng huo
Pinyin

Definition

养活
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yǎng huo
  1. to provide for
  2. to keep (animals, a family etc)
  3. to raise animals
  4. to feed and clothe
  5. support
  6. the necessities of life
  7. to give birth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
复活
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
死活
sǐ huó
  1. 1 life or death
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 no matter what
  4. 4 anyway
  5. 5 for the life of me
活佛
huó fó
  1. 1 Living Buddha
  2. 2 title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
活力
huó lì
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 vitality
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 vital force
活活
huó huó
  1. 1 while still alive
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 totally
活泼
huó po
  1. 1 lively
  2. 2 vivacious
  3. 3 brisk
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 (chemistry) reactive
活该
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should
活跃
huó yuè
  1. 1 active
  2. 2 lively
  3. 3 excited
  4. 4 to enliven
  5. 5 to brighten up
激活
jī huó
  1. 1 to activate
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
灵活
líng huó
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 nimble
  3. 3 agile
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
做活
zuò huó
  1. 1 to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
  2. 2 life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wéi qí]
出活
chū huó
  1. 1 to finish a job on time
  2. 2 to produce the goods
口活
kǒu huó
  1. 1 oral sex

Idioms (16)

不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
  1. 1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer terribly
  3. 3 within an inch of one's life
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
  1. 1 regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
  1. 1 lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
活到老，学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
活灵活现
huó líng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic
活龙活现
huó lóng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
养家活口
yǎng jiā huó kǒu
  1. 1 to support one's family (idiom)

Sample Sentences

而今天的中国，可以养活14亿人。
ér jīntiān de Zhōngguó ，kěyǐ yǎnghuo yì rén 。
Today China is able to feed 1.4 billion people.
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虽然粮食主产区分布广泛，但中国只有占全球7%的可耕地，要养活占全球20%的人口，因建设占用、灾毁、生态退耕等耕地面积持续减少。
suīrán liángshi zhǔchǎnqū fēnbù guǎngfàn ，dàn Zhōngguó zhǐ yǒu zhàn quánqiú de kěgēngdì ，yào yǎnghuo zhàn quánqiú de rénkǒu ，yīn jiànshè zhànyòng 、zāihuǐ 、shēngtàituìgēng děng gēngdì miànjī chíxù jiǎnshǎo 。
Although the main grain producing areas are widely distributed, China only has 7% of the world's arable land, and it has to feed 20% of the world's population. The area of cultivated land such as construction occupation, disasters, and ecological farmland has continued to decrease.
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杂交稻比常规稻增产20%左右，每年增产的粮食可养活7000万人。
zájiāodào bǐ chángguī dào zēngchǎn zuǒyòu ，měinián zēngchǎn de liángshi kě yǎnghuo wàn rén 。
Production from hybrid rice is about 20% higher compared with conventional rice, and the annual increase in grain production can feed 70 million people.
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《泰坦尼克号》更傻。要是那个男主角没死，你以为他们会真的在一起。那个什么杰克，能养活得了露丝吗？他的品位能满足得了大小姐露丝的要求吗？
Tàitǎnníkè hào 》gèng shǎ 。yàoshì nàge nánzhǔjué méi sǐ ，nǐ yǐwéi tāmen huì zhēnde zàiyīqǐ 。nàge shénme Jiékè ，néng yǎnghuódé liǎo Lùsī ma ？tā de pǐnwèi néng mǎnzú de liǎo dàxiǎojiě Lùsī de yāoqiú ma ？
"Titanic" is even more stupid. If the male lead didn't die, do you think that they'd really be together? Would Jack be able to support Rose? Would he be able to satisfy the needs of a woman of her stature?
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不过投资移民，门槛儿挺高的吧？我听说还得自己办厂，雇佣至少十个美国员工什么的。就算你们老板有本事，人生地不熟的，拿什么养活人家美国人啊？别到时候钱也浪费了，绿卡也拿不到。
bùguò tóuzī yímín ，ménkǎnr tǐng gāo de ba ？wǒ tīngshuō hái děi zìjǐ bàn chǎng ，gùyōng zhìshǎo shí gè Měiguó yuángōng shénme de 。jiùsuàn nǐmen lǎobǎn yǒu běnshì ，rénshēng dì bùshú de ，ná shénme yǎnghuó rénjiā Měiguó rén a ？bié dào shíhou qián yě làngfèi le ，lǜkǎ yě nábudào 。
But isn't the threshold for investment immigration quite high? I've heard you need to set up a factory yourself, hire at least 10 American employees and so on. Even if your boss is talented, he'd still be a stranger in a strange land. How will he pay and support his American workers? Who knows, maybe when the time comes he won't even be able to get a green card and will have wasted his money.
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幸好现在的人不论男女大多经济独立。就算离婚，也可以自己养活自己。而且在财产分割问题上法院还是能比较公平地按照实际情况来判决。其实离婚时最大的受害者是孩子。也有好多人因为孩子才勉强维持婚姻。
xìnghǎo xiànzài de rén bùlùn nánnǚ dàduō jīngjì dúlì 。jiùsuàn líhūn ，yě kěyǐ zìjǐ yǎnghuó zìjǐ 。érqiě zài cáichǎn fēngē wèntí shàng fǎyuàn hái shì néng bǐjiào gōngpíng de ànzhào shíjì qíngkuàng lái pànjué 。qíshí líhūn shí zuìdà de shòuhàizhě shì háizi 。yě yǒu hǎoduō rén yīnwèi háizi cái miǎnqiáng wéichí hūnyīn 。
Luckily, no matter whether they're men or women, modern people are much more economically independent. Even if you get a divorce, you can still support yourself. And as for splitting the property, the courts are pretty fair, and will divide the property in accordance with the real situation. Actually, when you get divorced, the person who loses out the most is the child. There are also a lot of people who grin and bear it and keep their marriage, for the sake of the kid.
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是啊。父母砸锅卖铁供我们读完大学，好不容易毕业了，别说报答父母了，养活自己也成问题。我学的又是这种华而不实的破专业，哎！
shì a 。fùmǔ záguōmàitiě gōng wǒmen dú wán dàxué ，hǎobùróngyì bìyè le ，bié shuō bàodá fùmǔ le ，yǎnghuó zìjǐ yě chéng wèntí 。wǒ xué de yòu shì zhèzhǒng huá\'érbùshí de pò zhuānyè ，ài ！
Yeah. Our parents sacrificed everything so that we could finish university, and graduating isn't easy. Not to mention that repaying our parents and supporting ourselves have become problems too. And, I chose this nice-sounding yet useless major of mine. Agh!
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你也不想想，爸妈那么辛苦养你，供你读书。无论刮风下雨，都陪你去练这个读那个。我们也不要你给我们什么回报，你要是能自己养活自己，我们就谢天谢地了。
nǐ yě bù xiǎng xiang ，bà mā nàme xīnkǔ yǎng nǐ ，gōng nǐ dúshū 。wúlùn guāfēng xiàyǔ ，dōu péi nǐ qù liàn zhè ge dú nà ge 。wǒmen yě bù yào nǐ gěi wǒmen shénme huíbào ，nǐ yàoshì néng zìjǐ yǎnghuó zìjǐ ，wǒmen jiù xiètiānxièdì le 。
You don't realize how hard it's been for your mother and I to raise you and put you through school. No matter what the circumstances, we took you to practice this and study that. We don't even want you to repay us for anything. Even if you can only support yourself, we'll thank the heavens.
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你买书啦？我看看，什么书？《30年后，你拿什么养活自己?》，讲理财的？
nǐ mǎi shū la ？wǒ kàn kan ，shénme shū ？《sānshí nián hòu ，nǐ ná shénme yǎnghuó zìjǐ ?》，jiǎng lǐcái de ？
You bought a book? Let me see, what book is it? “In 30 Years, How Will You Look After Yourself?”. It's about financial management, huh?
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