shēng mìng
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  • 1

    n.living things; creature

    • yǔ zhòu zhōng bié de xīng qiú shì fǒu yǒu shēng mìng xiàn zài hái shi gè mí

      宇宙星球是否生命现在还是

      Whether there is life on other planets in the universe is still a mystery.

    • nǐ yě xǔ huì duì yī tiáo yú bù yǐ wéi rán dàn shì tā men yě shì yī tiáo shēng mìng

      也许不以为然但是它们生命

      You may disagree with a fish, but they are also a life.

    • yuè qiú shang méi yǒu shēng mìng de tuī cè yǐ jīng dé dào le zhèng shí

      月球没有生命推测已经得到证实

      The speculation that there is no life on the moon has been confirmed.

  • 2

    n.life; vita

    • yī shēng tōng guò xùn sù cǎi qǔ xíng dòng wǎn jiù le tā de shēng mìng

      医生通过迅速采取行动挽救生命

      By acting quickly, doctors saved her life.

    • wàn è de jiù shè huì duó zǒu le tā hái zi men de shēng mìng

      万恶社会孩子生命

      The evil old society snuffed out the lives of her children.

    • shēng mìng bù xī zhàn dòu bù zhǐ

      生命战斗

      fight as long as one has a breath in one's body

Word usage

  • Note
    "生命" is different from "性命". "生命" can be used widely, which can be used for all kinds of living things, as well as figurative usage; "性命" is mostly used for humans and animals.
  • "生命" is often matched with measure word "个"or"条".
    • 生命

      one life

    • 生命

      one life