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忙活
máng huo
Pinyin
Definition
忙活
-
máng huo
to be really busy
pressing business
Character Decomposition
忙
忄
匸
丶
活
氵
舌
Related Words
(20)
忙
máng
1
busy
2
hurriedly
3
to hurry
4
to rush
活
huó
1
to live
2
alive
3
living
4
work
5
workmanship
活动
huó dòng
1
to exercise
2
to move about
3
to operate
4
to use connections (personal influence)
5
loose
6
shaky
7
active
8
movable
9
activity
10
campaign
11
maneuver
12
behavior
13
CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
1
life
2
activity
3
to live
4
livelihood
匆忙
cōng máng
1
hasty
2
hurried
帮帮忙
bāng bang máng
1
to help
2
to do a favor
3
(Shanghainese) Come on!
4
Give me a break!
帮忙
bāng máng
1
to help
2
to lend a hand
3
to do a favor
4
to do a good turn
干活
gàn huó
1
to work
2
to be employed
复活
fù huó
1
to revive
2
(lit. and fig.) to come back to life
3
(religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
1
to be really busy
2
pressing business
忙碌
máng lù
1
busy
2
bustling
死活
sǐ huó
1
life or death
2
fate
3
no matter what
4
anyway
5
for the life of me
活佛
huó fó
1
Living Buddha
2
title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
活力
huó lì
1
energy
2
vitality
3
vigor
4
vital force
活活
huó huó
1
while still alive
2
simply
3
totally
活泼
huó po
1
lively
2
vivacious
3
brisk
4
active
5
(chemistry) reactive
活该
huó gāi
1
(coll.) serve sb right
2
deservedly
3
ought
4
should
活跃
huó yuè
1
active
2
lively
3
excited
4
to enliven
5
to brighten up
激活
jī huó
1
to activate
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
1
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
2
fig. vigorous and lively
Idioms
(19)
不慌不忙
bù huāng bù máng
1
calm and unhurried (idiom); composed
2
to take matters calmly
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
1
to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
1
lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
2
two parties cannot coexist
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
1
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
忙中有失
máng zhōng yǒu shī
1
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
忙中有错
máng zhōng yǒu cuò
1
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
1
to hover between life and death (idiom)
2
to suffer terribly
3
within an inch of one's life
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
1
regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
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
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
2
fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
1
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
1
to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
1
to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
2
healthy and active
活灵活现
huó líng huó xiàn
1
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
2
vivid and realistic
活龙活现
huó lóng huó xiàn
1
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
2
vivid and realistic
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
1
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
1
to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
1
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
2
fig. vigorous and lively
养家活口
yǎng jiā huó kǒu
1
to support one's family (idiom)
Sample Sentences
哦,原来是这样啊。那得不到小费,就等于白忙活一场了。
ò ,yuánlái shì zhèyàng a 。nà débudào xiǎofèi ,jiù děngyú bái mánghuo yī chǎng le 。
Oh, so it's like that. Then if they don't get tips, it's the same as if they did all that work for nothing.
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