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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.

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.

野生动物yě shēng dòng wù

wild animal

野生植物yě shēng zhí wù

plants in the wild

金融衍生产品jīn róng yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn

financial derivative

铁窗生活tiě chuāng shēng huó

time served in prison / prison life

长生cháng shēng

long life

长生不死cháng shēng bù sǐ

immortality

长生久视cháng shēng jiǔ shì

(idiom) to live forever and never grow old

长生禄位cháng shēng lù wèi

tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created)

门生mén shēng

disciple / student (of a famous master)

陆生lù shēng

terrestrial (animal, species)

险象环生xiǎn xiàng huán shēng

dangers spring up all around (idiom) / surrounded by perils

隐生宙yǐn shēng zhòu

Cryptozoic / geological eon before the appearance of abundant fossils / hidden life, as opposed to Phanerozoic

虽死犹生suī sǐ yóu shēng

lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit

双生兄弟shuāng shēng xiōng dì

twin brothers

非婚生fēi hūn shēng

born out of wedlock / illegitimate

非婚生子女fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ

an illegitimate child

面生miàn shēng

(of a person) to look unfamiliar

风水先生fēng shuǐ xiān sheng

feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan

风生水起fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ

lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous

风趣横生fēng qù héng shēng

(idiom) spiced with wit / very witty

养生yǎng shēng

to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)

养生之道yǎng shēng zhī dào

the way of maintaining good health

养生法yǎng shēng fǎ

regime (diet)

养生送死yǎng shēng sòng sǐ

to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

骨质增生gǔ zhì zēng shēng

(medicine) hyperostosis

骨髓增生异常综合征gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng

myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

体育生tǐ yù shēng

student who engages in regular training for a sport / student who takes physical education as a subject

高中学生gāo zhōng xué shēng

student of a senior high school

高年级生gāo nián jí shēng

senior student

鬼由心生guǐ yóu xīn shēng

devils are born in the heart (idiom) / fears originate in the mind

鱼生yú shēng

sliced raw fish

鱼生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安yú shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān

fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy

鸟不生蛋niǎo bù shēng dàn

(lit.) (a place where) birds don't lay eggs / (fig.) (of a place) remote and desolate

齿颊生香chǐ jiá shēng xiāng

lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation

龙生九子lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ

lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom) / fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.

龙生龙,凤生凤lóng shēng lóng , fèng shēng fèng

lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom) / fig. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

爱迪生Ài dí shēng

Edison (name) / Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman

卫生部Wèi shēng bù

Ministry of Health

爱默生Ài mò shēng

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher

强生Qiáng shēng

(surname) Johnson / Johnson & Johnson (company)

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