活生生
huó shēng shēng
Pinyin

Definition

活生生
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huó shēng shēng
  1. real (people)
  2. living (artist)
  3. while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

谋事在人成事在天嘛，不努力一把怎么知道没缘分呢，再说了，男人不坏女人不爱，你不就是活生生的例子。
móu shì zài rén chéng shì zài tiān ma ，bù nǔlì yī bǎ zěnme zhīdào méi yuánfèn ne ，zàishuō le ，nánrén bù huài nǚrén bù ài ，nǐ bù jiùshì huóshēngshēng de lìzi 。
The gods help those who help themselves, eh? If you don’t make a move how do you know that you’re not fated to be together? And another thing, women like a bad guy, aren’t you living proof of that?
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我觉得中国字还是活生生的，也是最贴近生活的艺术。
wǒ juéde zhōngguózì háishì huóshēngshēng de ，yě shì zuì tiējìn shēnghuó de yìshù 。
I think that Chinese characters are still so alive and they are the closest form of art to everyday life.
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哎，我们就是这样，往往要等到出了事才去关注。就拿环境污染来说，因为盲目发展经济而造成的环境污染，是十年二十年都恢复不了的。多少活生生的例子摆在眼前，就是不能吸取教训。
ài ，wǒmen jiùshì zhèyàng ，wǎngwǎng yào děngdào chū le shì cái qù guānzhù 。jiù ná huánjìng wūrǎn láishuō ，yīnwèi mángmù fāzhǎn jīngjì ér zàochéng de huánjìng wūrǎn ，shì shí nián èrshí nián dōu huīfù bùliǎo de 。duōshao huóshēngshēng de lìzi bǎi zài yǎnqián ，jiùshì bùnéng xīqǔ jiàoxun 。
Ugh, that's just the way we are. We always wait until something happens before we start paying any attention. Take pollution for example. Because of reckless economic expansion we've caused pollution that we won't be able to recover from in even 10 or 20 years. There are tons of real life examples right in front of our eyes, but we still don't learn from them.
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开心，你这个小坏蛋，活生生把最后一个好男人拉下水了！
kāixīn ，nǐ zhè ge xiǎo huàidàn ，huóshēngshēng bǎ zuìhòu yī ge hǎo nánrén lāxiàshuǐ le ！
I'm happy. You naughty little girl, you corrupted the last good man around!
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