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Examples:the vicissitudes of life —a matter of life and death—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury—a matter of life or death—loss of life and property—the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism—having experienced the hard ship of life—fig. take on a new lease of life—have been through the hardships of life—fundamental essence of life—give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one—fig. the joys and sorrows of life—predestined length of life—car slave, sb forced sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car—pure and quiet (of life)—ups and downs (of life etc)—lack the necessities of life—regardless of life or death [idiom.]—the wheel of life never stops turning [idiom.]—matter of life and death—a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen—fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)—brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury—love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle—pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—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—abandon oneself to a life of pleasure—Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence—free oneself from a life of torture—lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures— |