灵活
líng huó
Pinyin

Definition

灵活
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líng huó
  1. flexible
  2. nimble
  3. agile

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
做活
zuò huó
  1. 1 to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
  2. 2 life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wéi qí]
出活
chū huó
  1. 1 to finish a job on time
  2. 2 to produce the goods
口活
kǒu huó
  1. 1 oral sex

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

北京外企人力资源服务有限公司人力资源部经理南丽娜......认为，一方面，灵活就业、用工，跨行业的竞争等社会大环境导致了这一变化；另一方面，九五后相对更加关注自身感受和自我价值的实现，发现工作与期待不符便会快速离职。
Běijīng wàiqǐ rénlìzīyuán fúwù yǒuxiàngōngsī rénlìzīyuán bù jīnglǐ Nánlìnà ......rènwéi ，yīfāngmiàn ，línghuó jiùyè 、yònggōng ，kuà hángyè de jìngzhēng děng shèhuì dà huánjìng dǎozhì le zhè yī biànhuà ；lìngyīfāngmiàn ，jiǔwǔhòu xiāngduì gèngjiā guānzhù zìshēn gǎnshòu hé zìwǒ jiàzhí de shíxiàn ，fāxiàn gōngzuò yǔ qīdài bùfú biànhuì kuàisù lízhí 。
Nan Lina, manager of human resources department of Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service Co., Ltd.... believes that on the one hand, the social environment such as flexible employment and cross-industry competition has led to this change; on the other hand, 95 who are relatively more concerned about the realization of their own feelings and self-worth, will resign as soon as they find that work and expectations do not match.
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运用（verb），意思是“灵活地使用”。
yùnyòng （verb ），yìsi shì “línghuó de shǐyòng ”。
to use: the implication being using something creatively
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不过私募基金受的监管少，自由度高，投资比例灵活，所以跟公募比起来有一定的优势。
bùguò sīmù jījīn shòu de jiānguǎn shǎo ，zìyóudù gāo ，tóuzī bǐlì línghuó ，suǒyǐ gēn gōngmù bǐqǐlai yǒu yīdìng de yōushì 。
But the privately placed funds are not supervised a lot, so the degree of freedom is high and the proportion of investment is flexible. So when compared to public placement there is definite advantage.
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后来的进化过程就比较顺理成章了。有了手，就可以使用工具。当天然的工具不能满足需求的时候，他们就自己制造工具。脑子是越用越灵活的，这句话很有道理。在做这些事情的时候，他们的脑子也逐渐变发达，跟现代的人越来越接近了。
hòulái de jìnhuà guòchéng jiù bǐjiào shùnlǐchéngzhāng le 。yǒu le shǒu ，jiù kěyǐ shǐyòng gōngjù 。dāng tiānrán de gōngjù bùnéng mǎnzú xūqiú de shíhou ，tāmen jiù zìjǐ zhìzào gōngjù 。nǎozi shì yuè yòng yuè línghuó de ，zhè jù huà hěn yǒu dàolǐ 。zài zuò zhèxiē shìqing de shíhou ，tāmen de nǎozi yě zhújiàn biàn fādá ，gēn xiàndài de rén yuèláiyuè jiējìn le 。
The following evolutionary process was quite logical. After having hands, they could use tools. When natural tools couldn't satisfy their needs, they simply built their own tools. 'The mind becomes more and more flexible'; that statement has a lot of truth to it. When they were doing these things, their minds were also slowly developing. They were becoming closer and closer to the people of our time.
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乐于沟通，口齿清晰、普通话流利。这个你肯定没问题，嘴皮子比谁都灵活。
lè yú gōutōng ，kǒuchǐ qīngxī 、pǔtōnghuà liúlì 。zhège nǐ kěndìng méiwèntí ，zuǐpízi bǐ shéi dōu línghuó 。
'An enthusiastic communicator, clear enunciation, and fluent Mandarin.' You definitely won't have a problem with that. Your tongue is more skillful than anyone's.
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当时国民党兵力远远大于红军，如果就地迎战，等于坐以待毙！俗话说，打不起，还跑不起嘛！红军长征分成好几路，分散了敌人的包围，边走边战，灵活应敌，这可是红军的精明之处啊！
dāngshí Guómín dǎng bīnglì yuǎnyuǎn dàyú hóngjūn ，rúguǒ jiùdì yíngzhàn ，děngyú zuòyǐdàibì ！súhuà shuō ，dǎ bu qǐ ，hái pǎo bu qǐ ma ！Hóngjūn chángzhēng fēn chéng hǎojǐ lù ，fēnsàn le dírén de bāowéi ，biān zǒu biān zhàn ，línghuó yìngdí ，zhè kěshì Hóngjūn de jīngmíng zhīchù a ！
At that time, the Kuomintang military was far more powerful than the Red Army. If the Communists had fought the enemy head-on, it would have been like waiting for their own funeral. There's a proverb that says ''If you can't beat 'em, you can still beat it!" The Red Army split into many smaller units, and scattered the enemy's encirclement. They fought on the march, responding flexibly. That's the clever thing about the Red Army!
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你放心，公司的生意都是合法的。但是我们需要灵活操作，打打擦边球。哪家公司不是这么做的？
nǐ fàngxīn ，gōngsī de shēngyi dōu shì héfǎ de 。dànshì wǒmen xūyào línghuó cāozuò ，lit. to hit the edge of the table in ping pong 。nǎ jiā gōngsī bù shì zhème zuò de ？
Don't worry-- the company's business is completely legal. But we need to work flexibly, and with a lot of finesse [literally, to hit the edge of the table in ping pong --Ed.] Aren't all companies like that?
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小赵，这个世界有两种人。一种很认真、很努力，但是做不成大事。另外一种人，做事灵活，不用很辛苦，就能赚大钱。我很想帮你做第二种人。
Xiǎo Zhào ，zhè ge shìjiè yǒu liǎng zhǒng rén 。yī zhǒng hěn rènzhēn 、hěn nǔlì ，dànshì zuòbuchéng dàshì 。lìngwài yī zhǒng rén ，zuòshì línghuó ，bùyòng hěn xīnkǔ ，jiù néng zhuàn dà qián 。wǒ hěn xiǎng bāng nǐ zuò dì èr zhǒng rén 。
Xiao Zhao, there are two kinds of people in this world. One kind of person is very conscientious and very hard working. But they can't achieve anything big. The other kind of person does things nimbly. They don't need to work too hard, and they make great money. I'd like to help you be the second kind of person.
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那你就当作是对自己的挑战吧。其实理论有理论的好处。各人可以根据自己的理解，联系实际，灵活运用。你要是想看具体的案例分析，网上也能很容易地找到。对了，你还可以去看看《三十六计》。
nà nǐ jiù dàngzuò shì duì zìjǐ de tiǎozhàn ba 。qíshí lǐlùn yǒu lǐlún de hǎochu 。gè rén kěyǐ gēnjù zìjǐ de lǐjiě ，liánxì shíjì ，línghuó yùnyòng 。nǐ yàoshì xiǎng kàn jùtǐ de ànlì fēnxī ，wǎngshàng yě néng hěn róngyì de zhǎodào 。duìle ，nǐ hái kěyǐ qù kànkan 《sānshíliùjì 》。
Take it on as a challenge for yourself. Actually, there are some benefits to theory. Everyone can make connections to real life and use it flexibly based on their own understanding. And if you want to read some concrete analyses of case studies, you can find a lot of materials online. Oh, right-- you can also check out ``The Thirty-six Strategems."
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