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- shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
- (mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means
- (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc)
Trad. 謀生
- to seek one's livelihood
- to work to support oneself
- to earn a living
- venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
- to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
- reborn (of departed spirit)
- to be reincarnated
- to leave home for a new life
- Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)
- sb who keeps to their word no matter what
Trad. 養生
- to maintain good health
- to raise a child or animal
- curing (of concrete etc)
- to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby
- (obstetrics) to induce labor
- to expedite childbirth
- (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
- production control; production management (abbr. for 生產管理|生产管理[sheng1 chan3 guan3 li3])
- one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
- animal from the Chinese zodiac
Trad. 叢生
- growing as a thicket
- overgrown
- breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
Trad. 生詞
- new word (in textbook)
- word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
- CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
Trad. 計生
- planned childbirth
- birth control
- family planning
- abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育
- stranger
- living person
- to give birth
- to be born (in a certain time or place)
Trad. 生鏽
- (of metal) to rust; to become rusty
- (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
- to cheat strangers
- to bully strangers
- (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people
- Asō (name)
- ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009
Trad. 親生
- one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)
- biological (parents)
- birth (parents)
- life (as the characteristic of living beings)
- living being; creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2])
- (Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb
- to have more children than allowed under family planning policy
Trad. 恆生
- Hang Seng (the name of a bank in Hong Kong and of the stock market index the bank established)
- new character (in textbook)
- character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
Trad. 優生
- outstanding student
- to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality)
- to enhance the genetic quality of a population; eugenics
Trad. 生態
- ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment)
- ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment)
- (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 數字生態|数字生态[shu4 zi4 sheng1 tai4] "digital ecosystem")
Trad. 產生
- to arise; to come into being; to come about
- to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
- to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being
- to be born with; to be blessed with
Trad. 護生
- nursing student
- (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings
Trad. 夾生
- half-cooked
- (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc
- Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
- (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
- (Tw) student conduct and life-guidance group (a unit within the student affairs office 學務處|学务处[xue2 wu4 chu4]) (abbr. for 生活教育組|生活教育组[sheng1 huo2 jiao4 yu4 zu3])
Trad. 僑生
- student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生[Hua2 qiao2 xue2 sheng5])