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Translation

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1: to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

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生 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome
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Characters with 生 as component

star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount
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domestic animal / sacrificial animal
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victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
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family name / surname / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be surnamed
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surname Long / short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur
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nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Words with 生

middle-school student / high school student
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
to die / to be done with this world
alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
see 一回生二回熟[yi1 hui2 sheng1 er4 hui2 shu2]
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 xian4], northwest Sichuan
not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time

Sentences with 生

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