寄生
jì shēng
Pinyin

Definition

寄生
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jì shēng
  1. to live in or on another organism as a parasite
  2. to live by taking advantage of others
  3. parasitism
  4. parasitic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
发生
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
一生
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
来生
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
再生
zài shēng
  1. 1 to be reborn
  2. 2 to regenerate
  3. 3 to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
  4. 4 recycling
  5. 5 regeneration
出生
chū shēng
  1. 1 to be born
夜生活
yè shēng huó
  1. 1 night life
大学生
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student
天生
tiān shēng
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 disposition
  3. 3 innate
  4. 4 natural
好生
hǎo shēng
  1. 1 (dialect) very
  2. 2 quite
  3. 3 properly
  4. 4 well
  5. 5 thoroughly

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛

Sample Sentences

槲寄生
hújìshēng
Mistletoe.
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