Examples

My mother is drawing a still life.

妈妈正在画静物画。 → draw

I failed in my marriage; I still have my life.

虽然婚姻失败了，但是我的生活并未因此而停滞。

a still-life painting → still life

写生

sketch from life; do a still life painting; paint or sketch from nature → 写

静物写生

paint still life → 静物

那时候生番还过着茹毛饮血的原始生活呢。

At that time, backward nationalities were still leading a primitive life in which they ate uncooked animals. → 生番

虽然他十分富有, 但依然过着省俭的生活。

Although very rich, he still leads an economical life. → 省俭

乡人们至今保留着日出而作、日落而息的习惯。

The village people still live a traditional life, going out to work at sunrise and going back home at sunset. → 乡人

美术课上, 孩子们在学画静物画。

The children are learning still life painting in art class. → 静物画

这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。

This tribe still live a nomadic life. → 游牧