活灵活现 — Chinese idiom
活灵活现
huó líng huó xiàn
Traditional: 活靈活現
Meaning
- living spirit, living image ; true to life
- vivid and realistic
Character by character
- 活huóto exist, to live, to survive; living, working
- 灵língspirit, soul; spiritual world
- 活huóto exist, to live, to survive; living, working
- 现xiànto appear, to manifest; current, now
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知死活 bù zhī sǐ huó
- 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
- 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó
- 死去活来 sǐ qù huó lái
- 活蹦乱跳 huó bèng luàn tiào
- 活龙活现 huó lóng huó xiàn
- 生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō
- 生龙活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ
- 养家活口 yǎng jiā huó kǒu
- 人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng
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