when still alive

( 提供生活费用 ) support

farm work

get work done ⇒ 他花了很长时间,但就是不出活。 Tā huāle hěn cháng shíjiān, dàn jiùshì bù chūhuó. → He spent a lot of time on it, but didn't actually get any work done.

revive

work

delighted

survive

take on work ( pt took ) , pp taken

safety ⇒ 煤矿主不顾矿工的死活,让他们没日没夜地工作。 Méikuàngzhǔ bùgù kuànggōng de sǐhuó, ràng tāmen méi rì méi yè de gōngzuò. → The mine manager didn't care at all about his employees' safety and made them work day and night.

vitality

( 运动 ) take exercise ( pt took ) , pp taken ⇒ 我想到公园活动活动。 Wǒ xiǎng dào gōngyuán huódòng huódòng. → I'd like to go to the park for a spot of exercise.

( 指受害者 ) survivor

survive

bury ... alive

piston

clown

capture ... alive

current ⇒ 活期账号 huóqī zhànghào → current account

running water

lively

( 活动 ) wobbly

( 体力劳动 ) manual labour ( 英 ) 或 labor ( 美 )

( 口 ) serve ... right ⇒ 他和女朋友分手后很孤独—活该！ Tā hé nǚpéngyou fēnshǒu hòu hěn gūdú — huógāi! → He has been lonely after breaking up with his girlfriend — serves him right!

brisk

( 指道路 ) through pass

⇒ 活页笔记本 huóyè bǐjìběn → loose-leaf notebook

activate

( 敏捷的 ) agile

life ⇒ 提高生活质量 tígāo shēnghuó zhìliàng → improve quality of life ⇒ 日常生活 rìcháng shēnghuó → daily life

moonlighting ⇒ 他因利用上班时间干私活被罚没全年奖金。 Tā yīn lìyòng shàngbān shíjiān gàn sīhuó bèi fámò quánnián jiǎngjīn. → He lost a whole year's bonuses for moonlighting during office hours.

speciality ( 英 ) specialty ( 美 )

lead a dog's life ( pt , pp led )

live

work

( 宗 ) Easter

nightlife

( 口 ) suffer a living hell

walking dictionary

( 真实 ) living

( 喻 ) angel

preposterous

private life

lifelike

lifeless

devastated ⇒ 她哭得死去活来。 Tā kū de sǐ qù huó lái. → She was crying her eyes out. ⇒ 他爱她爱得死去活来。 Tā ài tā ài de sǐ qù huó lái. → He was madly in love with her.

lively and energetic

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.

full of energy

work oneself to death