domestic wastewater; domestic sewage
appreciation of the finer things in life
1. to subsist2. to eke out a living3. to keep body and soul together
free time (between organized activities)
1. extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle)2. EVA
铁窗生活 鐵窗生活 tiě chuāng shēng huó 1. time served in prison2. prison life
1. sports2. sporting activity
地震活动带 地震活動帶 dì zhèn huó dòng dài 1. seismic zone2. earthquake belt
1. to be tired of living2. (coll.) to be asking for trouble
活人让尿憋死 活人讓尿憋死 huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ 1. lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom)2. fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking
活体组织检查 活體組織檢查 huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá 1. biopsy2. abbr. to 活检[huó jiǎn]
好死不如赖活着 好死不如賴活著 hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
树挪死，人挪活 樹挪死，人挪活 shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó 1. lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom)2. fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
死要面子活受罪 sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
活到老，学到老 活到老，學到老 huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
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)
饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙 fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
饭后百步走，活到九十九 飯後百步走，活到九十九 fàn hòu bǎi bù zǒu , huó dào jiǔ shí jiǔ walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
see 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài]
cultural and recreational activities (Tw)
(Tw) life skills education; education in practical, emotional, social and moral aspects of daily living