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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.

同配生殖tóng pèi shēng zhí

isogamy

吾生也有涯,而知也无涯wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá

Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis

和气生财hé qì shēng cái

(idiom) amiability makes you rich

品味生活pǐn wèi shēng huó

to appreciate life

单细胞生物dān xì bāo shēng wù

unicellular organism

四大须生sì dà xū shēng

Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯

国内生产毛额guó nèi shēng chǎn máo é

(Tw) gross domestic product / GDP

国内生产总值guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross domestic product (GDP)

国民生产毛额guó mín shēng chǎn máo é

(Tw) gross national product / GNP

国民生产总值guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross national product (GNP)

国计民生guó jì mín shēng

(idiom) national economy and people's livelihood

境由心生jìng yóu xīn shēng

our mindset frames how we view the world

增生zēng shēng

(medicine) hyperplasia / a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zēng guǎng shēng yuán])

外科医生wài kē yī shēng

surgeon / as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nèi kē yī shēng], who works primarily by administering drugs

多年生duō nián shēng

(botany) (of a plant) perennial

多种维生素duō zhǒng wéi shēng sù

multivitamin

多细胞生物duō xì bāo shēng wù

multicellular organism

大中学生dà zhōng xué sheng

university and high school students

大生dà shēng

(Tw) university student (abbr. for 大學生|大学生[dà xué shēng])

大量生产dà liàng shēng chǎn

to mass-produce / mass production

天生一对tiān shēng yī duì

a match made in heaven / a perfect couple

天生的一对tiān shēng de yī duì

couple who were made for each other

夹生jiā shēng

half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc

夹生饭jiā shēng fàn

half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance

女生外向nǚ shēng wài xiàng

a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband

奶油小生nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng

handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy

妄生穿凿wàng shēng chuān záo

a forced analogy (idiom) / to jump to an unwarranted conclusion

妙笔生花miào bǐ shēng huā

gifted or skillful writing

妙语横生miào yǔ héng shēng

to be full of wit and humor

妙趣横生miào qù héng shēng

endlessly interesting (idiom) / very witty

娃娃生wá wa shēng

infant's part in opera, usually played by child actor

孑遗生物jié yí shēng wù

living fossil

孤雌生殖gū cí shēng zhí

parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)

孳生zī shēng

to breed / to multiply

学生运动xué sheng yùn dòng

student movement

孪生兄弟luán shēng xiōng dì

twin brothers

孪生姐妹luán shēng jiě mèi

twin sisters

寄宿生jì sù shēng

boarder

寄生物jì shēng wù

parasite

寄生生活jì shēng shēng huó

parasitic life (of an organism) / (fig.) parasitic lifestyle (of a person)

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