adopt ... wholesale ⇒ 学习他国经验不能生吞活剥。 Xuéxí tā guó jīngyàn bùnéng shēng tūn huó bō. → When learning from the experience of other countries, it's no good adopting everything wholesale.
生龙活虎
full of energy
English translation of '生活'
生活
(shēnghuó)
名
life
⇒ 提高生活质量 (tígāo shēnghuó zhìliàng) improve quality of life
⇒ 日常生活 (rìcháng shēnghuó) daily life
动
(= 居住) live
⇒ 他从小和祖母一起生活。 (Tā cóngxiǎo hé zǔmǔ yīqǐ shēnghuó.) He's lived with his grandmother since he was little.
(= 生存) survive
⇒ 没有水,人就不能生活。 (Méiyǒu shuǐ, rén jiù bùnéng shēnghuó.) Without water, human beings can't survive.