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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 34)
- 活
- [huó]
- 1. live
- 2. keep … alive
- 3. alive
- 4. flexible
- 5. lively
- 6. lifelike
- 7. completely
- 8. work
- 9. product
Listen- capture … alive
- 1. eat; have a meal
- 2. keep alive; make a living
- neither dead nor alive; half dead; lifeless; lethargic
- burning books and burying Confucian scholars alive (by Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇, the First Emperor of Qin)
Examples (1-5 of 22)
- 永葆青春
- keep alive the fervour of youth → 葆
- 提倡厚养薄葬
- advocate good care of one's parents (while they are alive) and simple burials for them (when they are dead) → 薄葬
- 生死未卜
- It is hard to tell whether the person is alive or not. → 卜
- 吃糠咽菜
- barely keep alive on chaff and wild herbs → 菜
- 活活烧死
- be burnt alive → 活活
