活着
huó zhe
Pinyin

Definition

活着
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huó zhe
  1. alive

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
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
死活
sǐ huó
  1. 1 life or death
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 no matter what
  4. 4 anyway
  5. 5 for the life of me
活佛
huó fó
  1. 1 Living Buddha
  2. 2 title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
活力
huó lì
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 vitality
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 vital force
活活
huó huó
  1. 1 while still alive
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 totally
活泼
huó po
  1. 1 lively
  2. 2 vivacious
  3. 3 brisk
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 (chemistry) reactive
活生生
huó shēng shēng
  1. 1 real (people)
  2. 2 living (artist)
  3. 3 while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
活该
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should
活跃
huó yuè
  1. 1 active
  2. 2 lively
  3. 3 excited
  4. 4 to enliven
  5. 5 to brighten up
激活
jī huó
  1. 1 to activate
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
著
zhù
  1. 1 to make known
  2. 2 to show
  3. 3 to prove
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 book
  6. 6 outstanding
著名
zhù míng
  1. 1 famous
  2. 2 noted
  3. 3 well-known
  4. 4 celebrated
灵活
líng huó
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 nimble
  3. 3 agile
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist

Idioms (20)

不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
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)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
  1. 1 notorious (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous
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)
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
  1. 1 to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
见微知著
jiàn wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop

Sample Sentences

是嘛，我只看过电影版的，原来是真实的故事啊！那句经典的台词叫什么来着，“你活着，我就活着。要是你也死了，我就真的死了。”
shì ma ，wǒ zhī kànguò diànyǐng bǎn de ，yuánlái shì zhēnshí de gùshi ā ！nà jù jīngdiǎn de táicí jiào shénme láizhe ，“nǐ huó zhe ，wǒ jiù huó zhe 。yàoshì nǐ yě sǐ le ，wǒ jiù zhēnde sǐ le 。”
Yeah. I only watched the film version. So it was a true story all along! What was that classic line? ”If you live, then I'll live. If you die, then I'll die.“
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我在这里活着，也在这死去
wǒ zài zhèlǐ huó zhe ，yě zài zhè sǐ qù
Here is where I live, and where I die
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我那可怜的孩子，他要活着的话，也30了。我就这么一个孩子，谁能想到他年纪轻轻就丢下我们走了！
wǒ nà kělián de háizi ，tā yào huó zhe dehuà ，yě sānshí le 。wǒ jiù zhème yī gè háizi ，shéi néng xiǎngdào tā niánjìqīngqīng jiù diūxià wǒmen zǒu le ！
If my poor son were still alive he'd also be 30. I only had this one child. Who knew that he'd leave us at such a young age?
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我不知道他死了还是活着。
wǒ bù zhīdào tā sǐ le háishi huó zhe 。
I don't know if he's dead or alive.
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闹什么别扭啊！人生无常，能平平安安地活着就够幸运了！
nào shénme bièniu a ！rénshēng wúcháng ，néng píngpíng \'ān\'ān de huó zhe jiù gòu xìngyùn le ！
Why would I get into a fight? You never know what's going to happen. If I can just live a peaceful and quiet life, that's good enough for me!
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哎！人活着可真不容易，老老实实呆在家里也指不定会发生什么事儿。
āi ！rén huó zhe kě zhēn bù róngyì ，lǎolaoshíshi dāi zài jiālǐ yě zhǐbudìng huì fāshēng shénme shìr 。
Agh! Staying alive really isn't all that easy. Even if you try to be safe and stay at home, you never know what could happen.
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