生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
生命线
shēngmìngxiàn
lifeline
Characters in this word
命 mìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
线 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对偏远地区来说，这条公路几乎是连接外界的生命线。 Duì piānyuǎn dìqū lái shuō, zhè tiáo gōnglù jīhū shì liánjiē wàijiè de shēngmìngxiàn. For remote areas, this road is almost a lifeline connecting them to the outside world.
- 这条河是沿岸村民灌溉农田的生命线。 Zhè tiáo hé shì yán'àn cūnmín guàngài nóngtián de shēngmìngxiàn. This river is the lifeline that irrigates the fields of the villagers along its banks.
- 铁路修通后，成了山里孩子上学的生命线。 Tiělù xiūtōng hòu, chéngle shānlǐ háizi shàngxué de shēngmìngxiàn. After the railway was built, it became the lifeline for children in the mountains going to school.
Related words
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 男生 nánshēng schoolboy, male student
- 女生 nǚshēng schoolgirl, female student
- 生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry
- 生日 shēngrì birthday
- 先生 xiānsheng Mr., sir; gentleman
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 出生 chūshēng to be born