活用
huó yòng
Pinyin

Definition

活用
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huó yòng
  1. to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly
  2. to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
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
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
好用
hǎo yòng
  1. 1 useful
  2. 2 serviceable
  3. 3 effective
  4. 4 handy
  5. 5 easy to use
家用
jiā yòng
  1. 1 home-use
  2. 2 domestic
  3. 3 family expenses
  4. 4 housekeeping money
实用
shí yòng
  1. 1 practical
  2. 2 functional
  3. 3 pragmatic
  4. 4 applied (science)
专用
zhuān yòng
  1. 1 special
  2. 2 dedicated
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
引用
yǐn yòng
  1. 1 to quote
  2. 2 to cite
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 to appoint
  5. 5 (computing) reference
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

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
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
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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)
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
  1. 1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
  2. 2 to allow room for error
感情用事
gǎn qíng yòng shì
  1. 1 to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
惯用语
guàn yòng yǔ
  1. 1 commonly used phrase
  2. 2 idiom
  3. 3 colloquial usage
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

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