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