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存活

cún huó · cun huo

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Meaning

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  1. to survive (a serious accident)
  2. survival
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Make it survive

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，这是(zhèshì)给(gěi)你(nǐ)的(de)礼物(lǐwù)，一盆(yīpén)仙人掌(xiānrénzhǎng)。

    Liangliang, this is a present for you. A cactus.

  2. Liangliang

    谢谢(xièxie)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)养(yǎng)的(de)花(huā)一盆(yīpén)都(dōu)没(méi)存活(cúnhuó)过(guò)。

    Thanks, but not one of my plants has ever survived.

  3. Dengdeng

    放心(fàngxīn)，仙人掌(xiānrénzhǎng)最(zuì)容易(róngyì)存活(cúnhuó)，一周(yīzhōu)浇(jiāo)一次(yīcì)水(shuǐ)就(jiù)行(xíng)。

    Don't worry. A cactus survives most easily. Water it once a week.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)知道(zhīdào)了(le)，我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)就(jiù)浇(jiāo)三次(sāncì)水(shuǐ)。

    Got it. I'll water it three times today.

  5. Dengdeng

    一周(yīzhōu)一次(yīcì)！你(nǐ)是(shì)想(xiǎng)让(ràng)它(tā)存活(cúnhuó)，还是(háishi)想(xiǎng)让(ràng)它(tā)游泳(yóuyǒng)？

    Once a week! Do you want it to survive, or to swim?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)让(ràng)它(tā)存活(cúnhuó)，那(nà)我(wǒ)先(xiān)把(bǎ)水(shuǐ)倒掉(dàodiào)。

    I want it to survive. I'll pour the water out first.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

中(zhōng)小(xiǎo)企(qǐ)业(yè)要(yào)勒(lēi)紧(jǐn)裤(kù)带(dài)才(cái)能(néng)存(cún)活(huó)。

Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

医(yī)生(shēng)全(quán)力(lì)抢(qiǎng)救(jiù)，病(bìng)人(rén)终(zhōng)于(yú)存(cún)活(huó)下(xià)来(lái)。

The doctors did everything they could, and the patient finally survived.

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