| 抢生意 | qiǎng shēng yi | to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business |
| 撩是生非 | liáo shì shēng fēi | to stir up trouble; to provoke angry exchange |
| 收生婆 | shōu shēng pó | midwife |
| 放射生成物 | fàng shè shēng chéng wù | radiogenic material |
| 政治生活 | zhèng zhì shēng huó | political life |
| 救生 | jiù shēng | to save a life; life-saving |
| 救生圈 | jiù shēng quān | lifebuoy; lifebelt |
| 救生筏 | jiù shēng fá | a life raft |
| 救生船 | jiù shēng chuán | lifeboat |
| 救生艇 | jiù shēng tǐng | lifeboat |
| 救生艇甲板 | jiù shēng tǐng jiǎ bǎn | boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored) |
| 救生衣 | jiù shēng yī | life jacket; life vest |
| 救生袋 | jiù shēng dài | safety chute |
| 救生队 | jiù shēng duì | rescue team; CL:支 |
| 整形外科医生 | zhěng xíng wài kē yī shēng | plastic surgeon |
| 新出生 | xīn chū shēng | newly born |
| 新生代 | Xīn shēng dài | Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years) |
| 日久生情 | rì jiǔ shēng qíng | familiarity breeds fondness (idiom) |
| 日落风生 | rì luò fēng shēng | a gentle breeze comes with sunset (idiom) |
| 早生贵子 | zǎo shēng guì zǐ | give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds) |
| 易卜生 | Yì bǔ shēng | Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家 |
春生，
夏长，
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) |
| 普度众生 | pǔ dù zhòng shēng | to deliver all living creatures from difficulty (idiom) |
| 普济众生 | pǔ jì zhòng shēng | universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy |
普通高等学校招生
全国统一考试 | pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì | China's national college entrance examination; usually abbreviated to 高考 |
| 有生以来 | yǒu shēng yǐ lái | since birth; for one's whole life |
| 服务生 | fú wù shēng | server (at a restaurant) |
| 望文生义 | wàng wén shēng yì | lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning; a far-fetched interpretation |
| 望而生畏 | wàng ér shēng wèi | intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring; terrifying; overwhelming |
| 本生灯 | běn shēng dēng | Bunsen burner |
| 本科生 | běn kē shēng | undergraduate student |
| 枝节横生 | zhī jié héng shēng | a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising |
| 核生存能力 | hé shēng cún néng lì | nuclear survivability |
| 槲寄生 | hú jì shēng | mistletoe |
| 乐极生悲 | lè jí shēng bēi | extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! |
| 横生枝节 | héng shēng zhī jié | to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom) |
| 次生灾害 | cì shēng zāi hài | secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods) |
| 欺生 | qī shēng | to cheat strangers; to bully strangers; (of an animal) to be fierce to unknown persons |
| 正生 | zhèng shēng | starring male role in a Chinese opera |
| 武生 | wǔ shēng | male military role in a Chinese opera |
| 死中求生 | sǐ zhōng qiú shēng | to seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life |
| 死生 | sǐ shēng | life or death; critical (event) |
| 死里逃生 | sǐ lǐ táo shēng | mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth |
| 杀生 | shā shēng | kill (life) |
| 民生凋敝 | mín shēng diāo bì | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment |
| 求生意志 | qiú shēng yì zhì | the will to live |
| 江湖医生 | Jiāng hú yī shēng | quack; charlatan; itinerant doctor and swindler |
| 没有生育能力 | méi yǒu shēng yù néng lì | infertile; unable to have children |
| 油然而生 | yóu rán ér shēng | arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous; to spring up unbidden (of emotion) |
| 派生词 | pài shēng cí | derivative word |
