Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

活生生

huóshēngshēng

ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄥ

  1. 1real (people)
  2. 2living (artist)
  3. 3while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
Example

她是一部活生生的廚藝百科全書。

tā shì yí bù huóshēngshēng de chúyì bǎikēquánshū

She has an encyclopedic knowledge of cooking.

Keep 活生生 and it comes back until you know it.

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