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养生

yǎng shēng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 養生

养生 (yǎng shēng) means "to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 养生 means

1. to maintain good health
2. to raise a child or animal
3. curing (of concrete etc)

The characters in 养生

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Words starting with 养生

• 养生法yǎng shēng fǎregime (diet)
• 养生之道yǎng shēng zhī dàothe way of maintaining good health
• 养生送死yǎng shēng sòng sǐto be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)

Words containing 养生

• 自养生物zì yǎng shēng wù(biology) autotroph
• 休养生息xiū yǎng shēng xīto recover; to recuperate
• 异养生物yì yǎng shēng wù(biology) heterotroph

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