活蹦乱跳 (活蹦亂跳)
huó bèng luàn tiào
Pinyin

Definition

活蹦乱跳 (活蹦亂跳)
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huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. healthy and active

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 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
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

Idioms (20)

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
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)
心怦怦跳
xīn pēng pēng tiào
  1. 1 The heart thumps wildly. (idiom)
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster

Sample Sentences

我想想啊......唉，有道菜我自己觉得不足为奇，但是有些人就觉得不可想象。你吃过醉虾吗？这是道上海名菜，就是把活蹦乱跳的河虾用高粱酒浸醉，趁虾醉的时候吃。我一直觉得这是人间美味，不过现在这么一说，还真是觉得有些变态。
wǒ xiǎngxiang ā ......āi ，yǒu dào cài wǒ zìjǐ juéde bùzúwéiqí ，dànshì yǒuxiērén jiù juéde bù kě xiǎngxiàng 。nǐ chī guo zuìxiā ma ？zhè shì dào Shànghǎi míngcài ，jiùshì bǎ huóbèngluàntiào de héhá yòng gāoliang jiǔ jìn zuì ，chèn há zuì de shíhou chī 。wǒ yīzhí juéde zhè shì rénjiān měiwèi ，bùguò xiànzài zhème yī shuō ，hái zhēnshì juéde yǒuxiē biàntài 。
Let me think...Hah, there's a dish that I don't think is that strange, but that a lot of people can't imagine. Have you eaten drunken shrimp? It's a famous Shanghainese dish. You bathe living, jumping shrimp in kaoliang grain liquor, and eat them when they're drunk. I've always thought it was heavenly, but talking about it this way, I feel it's a little weird.
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