活下去
huó xià qù
Pinyin

Definition

活下去
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huó xià qù
  1. to survive
  2. to keep on living

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
去
qù
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule

Idioms (20)

三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

不行不行。如果报警，他会把照片发到网上。那样的话，我男朋友肯定会跟我分手。我家人朋友会怎么看我？我还怎么有脸活下去啊？
bùxíng bùxíng 。rúguǒ bàojǐng ，tā huì bǎ zhàopiàn fā dào wǎngshàng 。nàyàng dehuà ，wǒ nán péngyou kěndìng huì gēn wǒ fēnshǒu 。wǒ jiārén péngyou huì zěnme kàn wǒ ？wǒ hái zěnme yǒuliǎn huó xiàqù a ？
No way! If I report it to the police, he will post the pictures online. If that happens, my boyfriend will definitely break up with me. How will my family and friends see me? I'll be so disgraced... how could I go on?
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实在太冷漠了。要不我们去给他一个拥抱吧！多鼓励和帮助艾滋病人，他们才有活下去的勇气！
shízai tài lěngmò le 。yàobu wǒmen qù gěi tā yī ge yōngbào ba ！duō gǔlì hé bāngzhù àizī bìngrén ，tāmen cái yǒu huó xiàqù de yǒngqì ！
That really is cold-hearted! How about we go over there and give him a hug! The more we encourage and support HIV-positive people, the more they can keep courageously living on!
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那时家里穷，为了活下去，父母才把我送进宫。牺牲我一个，也许能造福全家。
nàshí jiālǐ qióng ，wèile huó xiàqù ，fùmǔ cái bǎ wǒ sòng jìn gōng 。xīshēng wǒ yī ge ，yěxǔ néng zàofú quánjiā 。
At the time, my family was poor. In order to survive, my parents sent me to the palace. They sacrificed me for the benefit of the whole family.
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