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生活

shēnghuó
nounverbHSK 2

“To live” in Chinese is 生活 (shēnghuó).

Meaning

  • to live
  • life
  • livelihood

Example

生活是难的。

Life is hard.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shēngHSK 15 strokesto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be bornhuóHSK 29 strokesto live

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