| 人生如朝露 | rén shēng rú zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence |
| 人生朝露 | rén shēng zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence |
| 人生盛衰 | rén shēng shèng shuāi | life has its ups and downs (idiom) |
人生短暂，
学术无涯 | rén shēng duǎn zàn ,
xué shù wú yá | Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis |
| 人生路不熟 | rén shēng lù bù shú | everything is unfamiliar |
人非生而知之者，
熟能无惑 | rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě ,
shú néng wú huò | Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?; 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) |
| 休养生息 | xiū yǎng shēng xī | recuperate |
| 伴生气 | bàn shēng qì | associated gas |
| 但尼生 | Dàn ní shēng | Tennyson (name); Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet |
| 使生气 | shǐ shēng qì | displease |
| 信贷衍生产品 | xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn | credit derivative (in finance) |
| 个人卫生 | gè rén wèi shēng | personal hygiene |
| 借腹生子 | jiè fù shēng zǐ | surrogate pregnancy |
| 值日生 | zhí rì shēng | student on duty; prefect |
| 做生意 | zuò shēng yì | to do business |
| 做生日 | zuò shēng rì | to celebrate a birthday; to give a birthday party |
| 做生活 | zuò shēng huó | to work; to do manual labor |
| 偷生 | tōu shēng | to live without purpose |
| 催生 | cuī shēng | to induce labor; to expedite childbirth |
| 催生婆 | cuī shēng pó | midwife who induces labor |
| 催生素 | cuī shēng sù | oxytocin |
| 先生们 | xiān sheng men | gentlemen |
| 入伍生 | rù wǔ shēng | newly enlisted officer student; cadet |
| 内生的 | nèi shēng de | endogenous |
| 内科医生 | nèi kē yī shēng | medical doctor; physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科医生 |
| 两生类 | liǎng shēng lèi | class Amphibia; also written 两栖类 |
| 公共卫生 | gōng gòng wèi shēng | public health |
| 再生不良性贫血 | zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè | aplastic anemia |
| 再生燃料 | zài shēng rán liào | renewable fuel |
| 再生父母 | zài shēng fù mǔ | like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor |
| 再生能源 | zài shēng néng yuán | renewable energy source |
| 再发生 | zài fā shēng | reoccur |
| 冒生命危险 | mào shēng mìng wēi xiǎn | to risk one's life |
| 冒着生命危险 | mào zhe shēng mìng wēi xiǎn | at the risk of one's life |
| 出生地 | chū shēng dì | birthplace |
| 出生地点 | chū shēng dì diǎn | place of birth |
| 出生日期 | chū shēng rì qī | date of birth |
| 出生缺陷 | chū shēng quē xiàn | birth defect |
| 出生证 | chū shēng zhèng | birth certificate; CL:张 |
| 出生证明 | chū shēng zhèng míng | birth certificate; CL:张 |
| 出生证明书 | chū shēng zhèng míng shū | birth certificate; CL:张 |
| 初生 | chū shēng | newborn; nascent; primary (biology) |
| 初生之犊不怕虎 | chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ | A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth. |
| 前生 | qián shēng | pre-existence |
| 前生冤孽 | qián shēng yuān niè | predestined relationship |
| 前生召唤 | qián shēng zhào huàn | foreordination |
| 劫后余生 | jié hòu yú shēng | after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life |
| 厚死薄生 | hòu sǐ bó shēng | lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom) |
| 厚生劳动省 | hòu shēng láo dòng shěng | Japanese ministry of health, labor and welfare |
| 厚生相 | hòu shēng xiàng | minister of health (of Japan, UK etc) |
