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life noun—生 n (almost always used) 生活 pl 命 n 生命 n Examples:the crucial point that brings the subject life—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence—talented in letters and unconventional in life style—kill people like scything flax (idiom); human life as grass—graduates who cannot break away from campus life—greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly—lose one's life savings (e.g. after a bankruptcy)—full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring someone's life)—(work or fight) as if one's life depends on it—full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring sb's life)—pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation—tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study—general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty—(according an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students—indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance—walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)—human life as grass (idiom); kill people like scything grass—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—mutually dependent for life (idiom); rely upon one another for survival—return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)—untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life—fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life—life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—”surrender and your life will be spared” [idiom.]—be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter [idiom.]— |