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存活

cún huó

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

存活 (cún huó) means "to survive (a serious accident); survival". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 存活 means

1. to survive (a serious accident)
2. survival

The characters in 存活

• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 活huóto live; alive; living

Example sentences

• 没有水，没有生物能够存活。
  Méiyǒu shuǐ, méiyǒu shēngwùnéng gòu cúnhuó.
  Without water, no creature could live.
• 这个药品会提高病人的存活率。
  Zhège yàopǐn huì tígāo bìngrén de cúnhuólǜ.
  This medicine will increase the survival rate of the patients.
• 中小企业要勒紧裤带才能存活。
  Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
• 存活分析显示，机率显着减少。
  Survival analysis showed a significant reduction.
• 在没有水和氧气的状态下是不可能存活的。
  Zài méiyǒu shuǐ hé yǎngqì de zhuàngtài xià shì bù kěnéng cúnhuó de.
  It is impossible to live without water and without oxygen.

Words starting with 存活

• 存活率cún huó lǜ(med.) survival rate; (med.) recovery rate

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