恒生中资企业指数 恆生中資企業指數 héng shēng zhōng zī qǐ yè zhǐ shù Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index (HSCCI)
永不生锈的螺丝钉 永不生鏽的螺絲釘 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷锋[léi fēng]
世界野生生物基金会 世界野生生物基金會 shì jiè yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
人生一世，草木一春 rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
爱国卫生运动委员会 愛國衛生運動委員會 ài guó wèi shēng yùn dòng wěi yuán huì Patriotic Health Committee
生命不息，战斗不止 生命不息，戰鬥不止 shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
生于忧患，死于安乐 生於憂患，死於安樂 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè 1. to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)2. life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
骨髓增生异常综合征 骨髓增生異常綜合徵 gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn 1. lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)2. fig. god-forsaken3. remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ 1. lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)2. fig. god-forsaken3. remote and desolate
反美是工作赴美是生活 fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)
科学技术是第一生产力 科學技術是第一生產力 kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 吾生也有涯，而知也無涯 wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá 1. Life is short, learning is limitless2. Ars longa, vita brevis
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng 1. lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)2. fig. cannot be easily eliminated3. abbr. to 野火春风[yě huǒ chūn fēng]
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑 rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò 1. Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?2. We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈[hán yù])
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 刀不磨要生鏽，人不學要落後 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì 1. NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)2. usually abbr. to 高考[gāo kǎo]
濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约 瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約 bīn wēi yě shēng dòng zhí wù zhǒng guó jì mào yì gōng yuē 1. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora2. CITES
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng 1. He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.2. Rest with a clear conscience.
鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 魚生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 yú shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
生命征象 生命徵象 shēng mìng zhēng xiàng see 生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]
see 生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]
see 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài]
see 生机盎然[shēng yì àng rán]
一回生两回熟 一回生兩回熟 yī huí shēng liǎng huí shú see 一回生二回熟[yī huí shēng èr huí shú]
初生之犊不怕虎 初生之犢不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ see 初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]
(Tw) university student (abbr. for 大学生[dà xué shēng])
I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
(Tw) student conduct and life-guidance group (a unit within the student affairs office 学务处[xué wù chù]) (abbr. for 生活教育组[shēng huó jiào yù zǔ])
(Tw) life skills education; education in practical, emotional, social and moral aspects of daily living
账房先生 賬房先生 zhàng fáng xiān sheng bookkeeper (old)
(Tw) agricultural biotechnology; agritech
卫生下水道 衛生下水道 wèi shēng xià shuǐ dào (Tw) sanitary sewer system
国内生产毛额 國內生產毛額 guó nèi shēng chǎn máo é (Tw) gross domestic product; GDP
国民生产毛额 國民生產毛額 guó mín shēng chǎn máo é (Tw) gross national product; GNP