命

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Example sentences

• 水就是生命。

  Shuǐ jiù shì shēng mìng

  Water is life.

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• 我爱生命。

  Wǒ ài shēng mìng

  I love life.

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• 你不要命啦！

  Nǐ bù yào mìng lā

  Are you nuts?

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• 这是你的命运。

  Zhè shì nǐ de mìng yùn

  This is your fate.

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Words containing 命

• 生命shēng mìng 1–4 life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature
• 命运mìng yùn 4–4 fate; destiny
• 命令mìng lìng 4–4 order; command
• 革命gé mìng 2–4 to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
• 寿命shòu mìng 4–4 life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
• 命mìng 4life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
• 救命jiù mìng 4–4 to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!
• 拼命pīn mìng 1–4 to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
• 使命shǐ mìng 3–4 mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
• 命名mìng míng 4–2 to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
• 性命xìng mìng 4–4 life
• 任命rèn mìng 4–4 to appoint; (job) appointment