接活
jiē huó
Pinyin

Definition

接活
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jiē huó
  1. to take on a piece of work
  2. to pick up some freelance work
  3. (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiē shòu
  1. 1 to accept
  2. 2 to receive
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
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]
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
zhí jiē
  1. 1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 straightforward
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
kuài huo
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 cheerful
pīn jiē
  1. 1 to put together
  2. 2 to join
jiē
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to answer (the phone)
  3. 3 to meet or welcome sb
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to catch
  6. 6 to join
  7. 7 to extend
  8. 8 to take one's turn on duty
  9. 9 to take over for sb
jiē shàng
  1. 1 to connect (a cable etc)
  2. 2 to hook up (a device)
  3. 3 to resume (a conversation)
  4. 4 to set (a bone)
jiē xià lái
  1. 1 to accept
  2. 2 to take
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 following
jiē dào
  1. 1 to receive (letter etc)
jiē wěn
  1. 1 to kiss
jiē dài
  1. 1 to receive (a visitor)
  2. 2 to admit (allow sb to enter)
jiē shōu
  1. 1 reception (of transmitted signal)
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to accept
  4. 4 to admit
  5. 5 to take over (e.g. a factory)
  6. 6 to expropriate
jiē zhe
  1. 1 to catch and hold on
  2. 2 to continue
  3. 3 to go on to do sth
  4. 4 to follow
  5. 5 to carry on
  6. 6 then
  7. 7 after that
  8. 8 subsequently
  9. 9 to proceed
  10. 10 to ensue
  11. 11 in turn
  12. 12 in one's turn
jiē chù
  1. 1 to touch
  2. 2 to contact
  3. 3 access
  4. 4 in touch with
jiē jìn
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to get close to

Idioms (20)

上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
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
再接再厉
zài jiē zài lì
  1. 1 to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist
  2. 2 unremitting efforts
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)
应接不暇
yìng jiē bù xiá
  1. 1 more than one can attend to (idiom)
  2. 2 deluged (with inquiries etc)
  3. 3 overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)
成语接龙
chéng yǔ jiē lóng
  1. 1 game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next
接二连三
jiē èr lián sān
  1. 1 one after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in quick succession
接连不断
jiē lián bù duàn
  1. 1 in unbroken succession (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)

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