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lifestyle [lifestyles] (style of living) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.staɪl] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌstaɪl] | 方式 /fāngshì/noun 生態 /shēngtài/noun |
lifetime [lifetimes] (duration of the life of someone or something) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.taɪm] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm] | 一生 /yīshēng/noun 一輩子noun 一辈子 /yībèizi/noun 壽命noun 寿命 /shòumìng/noun 毕生 /bìshēng/noun 畢生noun 輩子noun 辈子 /bèizi/noun |
lifework (main occupation of one's life) noun [UK: ˌlaɪf.ˈwɜːk] [US: ˌlaɪf.ˈwɝːk] | 一生的工作 /yīshēng de gōngzuò/noun 畢生的事業noun |
afterlife (a conscious existence after death) noun [UK: ˈɑːf.tə.laɪf] [US: ˈæf.tər.ˌlaɪf] | 來世noun 來生noun 后世 /hòushì/noun 後世noun 来世 /láishì/noun 来生 /láishēng/noun |
elixir of life (elixir that brings immortality) noun [UK: ɪ.ˈlɪk.sə(r) əv laɪf] [US: ə.ˈlɪk.sər əv ˈlaɪf] | 金丹 /jīndān/noun 金浆 /jīnjiāng/noun 金漿noun 長生不老之藥noun |
everyday life noun | 日常 /rìcháng/noun 起居 /qǐjū/noun |
for the life of one (if my life depended on it) preposition | 怎么也 /zěnme yě/preposition 怎麼也preposition 无论如何 /wúlùnrúhé/preposition 無論如何preposition |
get a life (to have a more interesting, eventful, or worthwhile existence) verb | 做些讓生活更有意義的事verb 做些让生活更有意义的事 /zuò xiē ràng shēnghuó gèng yǒu yìyì de shì/verb |
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (more worthwhile to teach someone than do it for them) phrase | 授人以魚不如授人以漁phrase |
good life (the life that one dreams of living) noun [UK: ɡʊd laɪf] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈlaɪf] | 美好的生活noun |
half-life (time in physics) noun [UK: hɑːf laɪf] [US: ˈhæf ˈlaɪf] | 半衰期 /bànshuāiqī/noun |
high life (extravagant lifestyle) noun [UK: haɪ laɪf] [US: ˈhaɪ ˈlaɪf] |