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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

生蚝shēng háo

raw oyster

生词shēng cí

new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zǔ],個|个[gè]

生词本shēng cí běn

vocabulary notebook

生词语shēng cí yǔ

vocabulary words (in language-learning books) / new or unfamiliar words

生猪shēng zhū

live pig / pig on the hoof

生财shēng cái

to make money

生财有道shēng cái yǒu dào

lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest

生辉shēng huī

to dazzle / to brighten up (a room etc)

生辰shēng chén

birthday

生辰八字shēng chén bā zì

one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch

生造shēng zào

to coin (words or expressions)

生还者shēng huán zhě

survivor

生酮饮食shēng tóng yǐn shí

ketogenic diet

生铁shēng tiě

pig iron

生长激素shēng zhǎng jī sù

growth hormone

生长率shēng zhǎng lǜ

growth rate

生长素shēng zhǎng sù

auxin (plant growth hormone)

生离死别shēng lí sǐ bié

separated in life and death / to part for ever

生灵涂炭shēng líng tú tàn

people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

生愿shēng yuàn

desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth

生食shēng shí

to eat raw / raw food

生发剂shēng fà jì

hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic

生鲜shēng xiān

fresh produce and freshly prepared foods

生面团shēng miàn tuán

dough

一回生二回熟yī huí shēng èr huí shú

unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)

一年生yī nián shēng

(botany) (of a plant) annual

一次生,两次熟yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste

七窍生烟qī qiào shēng yān

lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger

三生有幸sān shēng yǒu xìng

the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune...

不事生产bù shì shēng chǎn

not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time

中生代zhōng shēng dài

the middle generation (between senior and junior cohorts, esp. in a profession)

九死一生jiǔ sǐ yī shēng

nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life

了却此生liǎo què cǐ shēng

to live out one's life / to die

了此残生liǎo cǐ cán shēng

to live out the rest of one's life

二年生èr nián shēng

(botany) (of a plant) biennial

互惠生hù huì shēng

au pair

互生hù shēng

alternate leaf arrangement (botany)

互生叶hù shēng yè

alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

交换生jiāo huàn shēng

exchange student

人生一世,草木一春rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn

Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

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