活化石
huó huà shí
Pinyin

Definition

活化石
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huó huà shí
  1. living fossil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng
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 classifier: 项 xiàng
  14. 14 classifier: 个 gè
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
变化
biàn huà
  1. 1 change
  2. 2 variation
  3. 3 to change
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
  1. 1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
  2. 2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist

Sample Sentences

酒泉、敦煌、吐鲁番、喀什、撒马尔罕、巴格达、君士坦丁堡等古城，宁波、泉州、广州、北海、科伦坡、吉达、亚历山大等地的古港就是记载这段历史的“活化石”。历史告诉我们：文明在开放中发展，民族在融合中共存。
Jiǔquán 、Dūnhuáng 、Tǔlǔfān 、Kāshí 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Bāgédá 、Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo děng gǔchéng ，Níngbō 、Quánzhōu 、Guǎngzhōu 、Běihǎi 、Kēlúnpō 、Jídá 、Yàlìshāndà děng de de gǔ gǎng jiùshì jìzǎi zhè duàn lìshǐ de “huóhuàshí ”。lìshǐ gàosu wǒmen ：wénmíng zài kāifàng zhōng fāzhǎn ，mínzú zài rónghé zhōng gòngcún 。
Ancient ports, such as Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Samarkand, Baghdad, Constantinople, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Colombo, Jeddah and Alexandria are living fossils which carry this era within them. History tells us, civilisation develops with openness, peoples coexist in melting pots.
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