搞活
gǎo huó
Pinyin

Definition

搞活
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gǎo huó
  1. to enliven
  2. to invigorate
  3. to revitalize

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

搞
gǎo
  1. 1 to do
  2. 2 to make
  3. 3 to go in for
  4. 4 to set up
  5. 5 to get hold of
  6. 6 to take care of
活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
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]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
复活
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
搞定
gǎo dìng
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 to wangle
搞笑
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
搞错
gǎo cuò
  1. 1 mistake
  2. 2 to make a mistake
  3. 3 to blunder
  4. 4 mistaken
死活
sǐ huó
  1. 1 life or death
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 no matter what
  4. 4 anyway
  5. 5 for the life of me
活佛
huó fó
  1. 1 Living Buddha
  2. 2 title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
活力
huó lì
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 vitality
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 vital force
活活
huó huó
  1. 1 while still alive
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 totally
活泼
huó po
  1. 1 lively
  2. 2 vivacious
  3. 3 brisk
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 (chemistry) reactive
活该
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should
活跃
huó yuè
  1. 1 active
  2. 2 lively
  3. 3 excited
  4. 4 to enliven
  5. 5 to brighten up
激活
jī huó
  1. 1 to activate
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
灵活
líng huó
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 nimble
  3. 3 agile

Idioms (16)

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
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)
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
活龙活现
huó lóng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
养家活口
yǎng jiā huó kǒu
  1. 1 to support one's family (idiom)

Sample Sentences

诶，双11快到啦，淘宝、天猫、京东都在搞活动啦！要不要一起来团购啊！
ēi ，shuāng shí yī kuài dào la ，Táobǎo 、tiānmāo 、jīngdōng dōu zài gǎohuódòng la ！yào bù yào yīqǐ lái tuángòu ā ！
Hey, it's almost Singles' Day, so Taobao, Tmall and Jingdong Mall are all holding promotions! Do you want to group buy with me?
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那今天买最划算了，我们正好在搞活动。这个46寸的打八折。
nà jīntiān mǎi zuì huásuàn le ，wǒmen zhènghǎo zài gǎohuódòng 。zhè ge sìshí liù cùn de dǎ bāzhé 。
You'll get the best deal if you buy today. It just so happens we're having a promotion. This 46-incher is 20% off.
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好啊！他们穿的衣服真可爱，应该是在搞活动吧！
hǎo a ！tāmen chuān de yīfu zhēn kě ài ，yīnggāi shì zài gǎohuódòng ba ！
Okay! The clothes they're wearing are really cute. I bet they're holding some kind of activity!
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商场搞活动，满300送300，我们去看看吧！
shāngchǎng gǎo huódòng ，mǎn sānbǎi sòng sānbǎi ，wǒmen qù kàn kan ba ！
The mall is having a sale. For every 300 spent, you get 300. Let's go take a look!
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