生活费 (生活費)
shēng huó fèi
Pinyin

Definition

生活费 (生活費)
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shēng huó fèi
  1. cost of living
  2. living expenses
  3. alimony

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

爸，我这次回来，就是要顺便跟你讨论生活费的事，我不想再跟你们拿生活费了。
bà ，wǒ zhè cì huílai ，jiùshì yào shùnbiàn gēn nǐ tǎolùn shēnghuófèi de shì ，wǒ bù xiǎng zài gēn nǐmen ná shēnghuófèi le 。
Dad, I actually wanted to talk to you about living expenses on this trip home. I don't need you to give me money for my living expenses anymore.
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开学的时候打了10000块，6000块的学费，1200的住宿费，还剩2800当生活费，不到一个月就花完了？
kāixué de shíhou dǎ le yīwàn kuài ，liùqiān kuài de xuéfèi ，yīqiānèr de zhùsùfèi ，hái shèng liǎngqiānbā dāng shēnghuófèi ，bùdào yī ge yuè jiù huā wán le ？
When you began studying, I sent 10,000 kuai. 6,000 kuai for tuition, 1,200 kuai for the dormitory, and there was 2,800 kuai left for living expenses. You've spent all of that in less than a month?
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