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HSK
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
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  *住* | 住* | *住
to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
HSK 1
to live / life / livelihood
HSK 2
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
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  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
HSK 4
may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live
to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
HSK 7-9
housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
on-the-spot live broadcast
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
studio for live streaming / a live stream
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
to live together / to cohabit
Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent; (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
to live miles apart
(idiom) to live together in harmony
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along
HSK 7-9
to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country
to live to the (ripe) age of
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to live up to expectations (idiom)
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
to live in harmony / to get along with each other
to settle down / to live peacefully
to live / to reside
(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
to live without purpose
no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn.
to live up to
to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
to stay at / to live in (temporarily)
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
to live together (in a large group or flock)
lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
to live out one's life / to die
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to live or die / to exist or perish
live poultry
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
to be disappointing / to fail to live up to expectations
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
to harmonize / to live in harmony
to live one's life / to make a living
real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions
(neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
to live independently / to live on one's own
to live / to reside
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
live target / target (of criticism etc)
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
to live off a woman
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
HSK 7-9
to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
to live (somewhere) for free
live show venue
to live in seclusion / reclusive / hermit / recluse
opportunity to live; hope of success / vigor; vitality
HSK 7-9
to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
live ammunition
to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
to dwell / to live
to die young / short-lived
people who live and make a living on boats
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
live cargo
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
to live like a prince (idiom)

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