生命(shēng mìng): life (as the characteristic of living beings)
HSK 42 characters
life (as the characteristic of living beings)
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 生命 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我爱我的生命。
wǒ ài wǒ de shēng mìng
I love my life.
水是生命的源泉。
shuǐ shì shēng mìng de yuán quán
Life cannot exist without water.
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