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生活费

shēng huó fèi

3-character word Traditional 生活費

What 生活费 means

1. cost of living
2. living expenses
3. alimony

The characters in 生活费

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee

Example sentences

• 生活费提高了。
  Shēnghuófèi tígāo le.
  The cost of living has gone up.
• 生活费升高了。
  Shēnghuófèi shēnggāo le.
  The cost of living has risen.
• 美国的生活费用起了。
  The cost of living in the United States was rising.
• 这儿的生活费用很高。
  Life is very expensive here.
• 百分之二十六的美籍犹太裔人群难以支付生活费用；其中包括百分之五十五的年收入低于五万美元的人群。
  26 percent of American Jews have difficulty paying bills; this includes 55 percent of those making under $50,000 per year.