活生生

huó shēng shēng · huo sheng sheng

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. real (people)
  2. living (artist)
  3. while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)是(shì)一(yí)部(bù)活(huó)生(shēng)生(shēng)的(de)厨(chú)艺(yì)百(bǎi)科(kē)全(quán)书(shū)。

She has an encyclopedic knowledge of cooking.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)从(cóng)来(lái)没(méi)有(yǒu)见(jiàn)过(guò)一(yì)条(tiáo)活(huó)生(shēng)生(shēng)的(de)鲸(jīng)鱼(yú)。

I've never seen a live whale.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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