生存
shēng cún
Pinyin

Definition

生存
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shēng cún
  1. to exist
  2. to survive

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
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student

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...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

动物在不同的自然环境中，为了生存它们会慢慢透过繁殖、变异而演化出形形色色功能不同的颜色，而这些颜色是由自然选择决定的。
dòngwù zài bùtóng de zìrán huánjìng zhōng ，wèile shēngcún tāmen huì mànmàn tòuguò fánzhí 、biànyì ér yǎnhuà chū xíngxíngsèsè gōngnéng bùtóng de yánsè ，ér zhèxiē yánsè shì yóu zìránxuǎnzé juédìng de 。
Animals living in different natural environments will mutate and evolve into having a variety of functions and different colors for their survival. These mutations are based on natural selection.
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希望各国都拿出诚意和行动来，不要让我们的生存环境变得更糟了。
xīwàng gèguó dōu náchū chéngyì hé xíngdòng lái ，bù yào ràng wǒmen de shēngcúnhuánjìng biànde gèng zāo le 。
I hope the leaders from each of the countries will approach it with sincerity and take action, and not let our habitat get even worse.
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那时候那么多人涌到上海，要生存下去，肯定要拼命。如果机遇好，说不定还能成大事呢。
nàshíhou nàme duō rén yǒng dào Shànghǎi ，yào shēngcún xiàqu ，kěndìng yào pīnmìng 。rúguǒ jīyù hǎo ，shuōbudìng hái néng chéng dàshì ne 。
At that time, so many people flooded into Shanghai. If you wanted to survive, you definitely needed to go all out. If you had good luck, it might turn into something big!
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学习压力、就业压力、生存压力，各种各样的压力时刻萦绕在我们周围，如何减压已成为各国普遍关心的问题。
xuéxí yālì 、jiùyè yālì 、shēngcún yālì ，gèzhǒnggèyàng de yālì shíkè yíngrào zài wǒmen zhōuwéi ，rúhé jiǎnyā yǐ chéngwéi gèguó pǔbiàn guānxīn de wèntí 。
The pressure of learning, the pressure of employment, the pressure of survival, and various pressures are lingering around us all the time. How to reduce the pressure has become a common concern of all countries.
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可是这样很难生存下去。
kěshì zhèyàng hěn nán shēngcún xiàqu 。
But it's hard to survive as I am.
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你别太难过了。说不定他的病情没你想的那么严重。现在医学这么发达，只要治疗得当，很多早期中期的癌症是可以治愈的。听说国内有一种中西医结合治疗的方法很管用。哪怕到了晚期，只要患者生存意志坚定，也能战胜病魔。
nǐ bié tài nánguò le 。shuōbudìng tā de bìngqíng méi nǐ xiǎng de nàme yánzhòng 。xiànzài yīxué zhème fādá ，zhǐyào zhìliáo dédàng ，hěn duō zǎoqī zhōngqī de áizhèng shì kěyǐ zhìyù de 。tīngshuō guónèi yǒu yī zhǒng zhōngxīyī jiéhé zhìliáo de fāngfǎ hěn guǎnyòng 。nǎpà dào le wǎnqī ，zhǐyào huànzhě shēngcún yìzhì jiāndìng ，yě néng zhànshèng bìngmó 。
Don't feel so bad. You never know, maybe it's not that serious. Medical science is so advanced these days, if it can be treated properly, a lot of early-stage and mid-stage cancer can be cured. I heard there's a really effective treatment in China that combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Even if it gets to the later stages, as long as the patient has a strong will to survive, they can still beat such a serious disease.
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要有信心，野外生存考验的就是人的意志力。
yào yǒu xìnxīn ，yěwài shēngcún kǎoyàn de jiùshì rén de yìzhìlì 。
Have faith, outdoor survival is a test of one's willpower.
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是旅游啊，不过我报名参加了一个由驴友组织的野外生存活动。
shì lǚyóu a ，bùguò wǒ bàomíng cānjiā le yī ge yóu lǘyǒu zǔzhī de yěwài shēngcún huódòng 。
It is a tour, but I signed us up to participate in an outdoor survival activity set up for travelers.
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聪明！但是并不是所有的古猿都这么聪明。根据“进化论”里适者生存的规则，其中一些聪明的古猿，它们开始爬下树尝试地面生活。
cōngming ！dànshì bìngbùshì suǒyǒu de gǔyuán dōu zhème cōngming 。gēnjù “Jìnhuàlùn ”lǐ shìzhěshēngcún de guīzé ，qízhōng yīxiē cōngming de gǔyuán ，tāmen kāishǐ pá xià shù chángshì dìmiàn shēnghuó 。
Very smart! But, it wasn't that every prehistoric ape was so smart. According to the theory of evolution's rule of survival of the fittest, only some of the smart prehistoric apes started to come down from the trees and attempt life on the ground.
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你别不当回事。虽然具体的灾难我也说不清，但是有一点可以肯定，人类的生存状态会变得非常恶劣。
nǐ bié bù dānghuíshì 。suīrán jùtǐ de zāinàn wǒ yě shuōbuqīng ，dànshì yǒu yī diǎn kěyǐ kěndìng ，rénlèi de shēngcún zhuàngtài huì biàn de fēicháng èliè 。
Don't take it lightly. Although no one can be certain of the particular disastrous results, there is one thing for certain: living conditions for humans will become very poor.
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