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.
复活
revive
干活
work
快活
delighted
成活
survive
揽活
take on work ( pt took ) , pp taken
死活
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.
活力
vitality
活动
( 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.
活口
( 指受害者 ) survivor
活命
survive
活埋
bury ... alive
活塞
piston
活宝
clown
活捉
capture ... alive
活期
current ⇒ 活期账号 huóqī zhànghào → current account
活水
running water
活泼
lively
活络
( 活动 ) wobbly
活计
( 体力劳动 ) manual labour ( 英 ) 或 labor ( 美 )
活该
( 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!
活跃
brisk
活路
( 指道路 ) through pass
活页
⇒ 活页笔记本 huóyè bǐjìběn → loose-leaf notebook
激活
activate
灵活
( 敏捷的 ) agile
生活
life ⇒ 提高生活质量 tígāo shēnghuó zhìliàng → improve quality of life ⇒ 日常生活 rìcháng shēnghuó → daily life
私活
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.
绝活
speciality ( 英 ) specialty ( 美 )
苟活
lead a dog's life ( pt , pp led )
鲜活
live
做活儿
work
复活节
( 宗 ) Easter
夜生活
nightlife
活受罪
( 口 ) suffer a living hell
活字典
walking dictionary
活生生
( 真实 ) living
活菩萨
( 喻 ) angel
活见鬼
preposterous
私生活
private life
活灵活现
lifelike
半死不活
lifeless
死去活来
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.
活蹦乱跳
lively and energetic
生吞活剥
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.