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生龙活虎

shēng lóng huó hǔ

4-character word Traditional 生龍活虎

What 生龙活虎 means

1. lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
2. fig. vigorous and lively

The characters in 生龙活虎

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 虎hǔtiger

Example sentences

• 我小睡后就感到生龙活虎。
  Wǒ xiǎoshuì hòu jiù gǎndào shēnglónghuóhǔ.
  A little nap and, just like that, I'm as fresh as a daisy.