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 | 生1 | | shēng | 动名形 | | | 1 give birth to; bear; generate: | | | 生蛋 lay eggs | | | 生孩子 give birth to a child |
2 be born; come into existence (opp.  死): | | | 生我者父母，知我者足下。 My parents brought me up, but you alone have understood me. |
| 3 grow: | | | 生根 take root; strike root | | | 生芽 sprout |
| 4 be afflicted with; get; have: | | | 生疑 be suspicious | | | 生冻疮 get chilblains | | | 生疖子 get boils |
| 5 light (a fire): | | | 生炉子 light a stove |
| II 名 life; living: | | | 谋生 make a living | | | 一生 all one's life | | | 生的伟大，死的光荣！ A great life, a glorious death! |
| III 形 alive; living 生擒 |
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| 生2 | | shēng | 形副 | | | 1 unripe; green (opp. 熟 ): | | | 生材 green timber | | | 生胶 raw rubber; caoutchouc | | | 生苹果 green apple | | | 这些桃子还是生的。 The peaches are not ripe yet. |
| 2 raw; uncooked (opp. 熟 ): | | | 生肉 raw meat | | | 生水 raw water | | | 黄瓜可以生吃。 Cucumbers can be eaten raw. |
| 3 unprocessed; unrefined; crude (opp. 熟 ) 生石膏 |
| 4 unfamiliar; unacquainted; strange (opp. 熟 ): | | | 刚到这里，工作还很生。 I've only just come here. I'm still not familiar with the work. |
| 5 stiff; mechanical 生凑 |
| II 副 [before certain words, indicating feeling or perception] very; much: | | | 生疼 very painful |
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| 生3 | | shēng | 名 | | | 1 pupil; student: | | | 留级生 pupil who is repeating the year's work | | | 优等生 top student |
| 2 intellectual; scholar: | | | 书生 intellectual; scholar |
| 3 [noun suffix, in names of occupations or stations of persons]: | | | 医生 doctor |
| 4 【剧】 male role (one of the four main roles in traditional opera, the other three being 旦 dàn,净 jìng, and 丑 chŏu; subdivided into 老生 lăoshēng,小生 xiăoshēng,武生 wŭshēng, etc. ) |
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| 生4 | | shēng | 缀 | | | 缀 [added to certain adverbs] 好生； 怎生 |
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