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Character Decomposition
生=一+土
Etymology
A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
Meanings
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
to arise; to occur
to light (a fire)
to live; to be alive
life
raw; uncooked; unprocessed
unfamiliar; strange
(bound form) student; person engaged in a field
(bound form) male role in traditional opera
(bound form) life; lifetime
(bound form) means of livelihood
(bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼)
(bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
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Words with 生 2058 total
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催生cuī shēngto be born诞生dàn shēnggrowing as a thicket · overgrown · breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)丛生cóng shēng(mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means · (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc)感生gǎn shēngsymbiosis共生gòng shēngto set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)放生fàng shēngto deliver (a newborn child)接生jiē shēng
Idioms with 生 421 total
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience · still wet behind the ears白面书生bái miàn shū shēngAll the ill effects appear. (idiom)百弊丛生bǎi bì cóng shēngunderripe · half-cooked · (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) · clumsy · halting半生不熟bàn shēng bù shóu