快活
kuài huo
Pinyin

Definition

快活
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kuài huo
  1. happy
  2. cheerful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kuài
  1. 1 rapid
  2. 2 quick
  3. 3 speed
  4. 4 rate
  5. 5 soon
  6. 6 almost
  7. 7 to make haste
  8. 8 clever
  9. 9 sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. 10 forthright
  11. 11 plainspoken
  12. 12 gratified
  13. 13 pleased
  14. 14 pleasant
kuài lè
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 merry
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
jǐn kuài
  1. 1 as quickly as possible
  2. 2 as soon as possible
  3. 3 with all speed
jiā kuài
  1. 1 to accelerate
  2. 2 to speed up
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
Kuài shǒu
  1. 1 Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
kuài jié
  1. 1 quick
  2. 2 fast
  3. 3 nimble
  4. 4 agile
  5. 5 (computer) shortcut
kuài yào
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 almost all
kuài sù
  1. 1 fast
  2. 2 high-speed
  3. 3 rapid
kuài dì
  1. 1 express delivery
kuài diǎn
  1. 1 to do sth more quickly
  2. 2 Hurry up!
  3. 3 Get a move on!
yú kuài
  1. 1 cheerful
  2. 2 cheerily
  3. 3 delightful
  4. 4 pleasant
  5. 5 pleasantly
  6. 6 pleasing
  7. 7 happy
  8. 8 delighted
huó fó
  1. 1 Living Buddha
  2. 2 title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
huó lì
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 vitality
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 vital force
huó po
  1. 1 lively
  2. 2 vivacious
  3. 3 brisk
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 (chemistry) reactive
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should

Idioms (20)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
先睹为快
xiān dǔ wéi kuài
  1. 1 joy of first experience (idiom)
  2. 2 the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
  1. 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
大快朵颐
dà kuài duǒ yí
  1. 1 to gorge oneself
  2. 2 to eat heartily (idiom)
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
心直口快
xīn zhí kǒu kuài
  1. 1 frank and outspoken (idiom)
  2. 2 straight speaking
  3. 3 to say what one thinks
快刀斩乱麻
kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
  1. 1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer terribly
  3. 3 within an inch of one's life
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
  1. 1 regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
  1. 1 lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
活灵活现
huó líng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic

Sample Sentences

他现在搂着美女,住着豪宅,要有多快活就有多快活。哪还顾得上听我们说话?
tā xiànzài lǒu zhe měinǚ ,zhù zhe háozhái ,yào yǒu duō kuàihuo jiù yǒu duō kuàihuo 。nǎ hái gùdeshàng tīng wǒmen shuōhuà ?
He's got a beautiful wife, a luxurious home - he's as happy as can be. You think he cares what we say?
什么二人世界,我看你们就知道玩。只顾自己逍遥快活,一点都不理会父母的心思。
shénme èrrénshìjiè ,wǒ kàn nǐmen jiù zhīdào wán 。zhǐgù zìjǐ xiāoyáo kuàihuó ,yīdiǎn dōu bù lǐhuì fùmǔ de xīnsi 。
Couple's world? It seems to me that you two just want to play around. Only focusing on yourselves, worry-free and cheerful. Not mindful of your parents' ideas at all.
我倒是想起一种比较常见,光听名字就很浪漫的动物:鸳鸯。他们总是成双成对地在一起,在水上快活地游着。真甜蜜。
wǒ dàoshì xiǎngqǐ yīzhǒng bǐjiào chángjiàn ,guāng tīng míngzi jiù hěn làngmàn de dòngwù :yuānyang 。tāmen zǒngshì chéngshuāngchéngduì de zài yīqǐ ,zài shuǐ shàng kuàihuó de yóu zhe 。zhēn tiánmì 。
Actually, I'm thinking of an animal that's not so rare, but whose name has a distinctly romantic feel: the mandarin duck. They are always in pairs, swimming contentedly in the water. It's so sweet.
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