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English

1. life (as the characteristic of living beings)
2. life (of a living organism); the condition of plants and animals before death, and typically involving an inherent capacity to grow, procreate, and carry on this cycle
3. living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 動物或植物死前嘅狀態，通常具有生長、生育、保持生命狀態嘅能力（量詞：條）

Examples

• 生命體

  lifeform

• 珍惜生命

  to cherish one's life

• 水就係生命。

  Water is life.

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• 生命冇take two。

  You only live once.

• 你仲喺度諗緊生命嘅意義呀？

  You are still asking yourself what the meaning of life is?

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• 肚裏面有一條小生命嘅感覺真係好奇妙。

  What a wonderful experience it is to have a living baby inside one's tummy.

• 好多人嘅生命用三個字就概括到：食，痾，瞓。

  The meaning of life for most people fits into three letters: ESS - eat, shit, sleep.

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• 怕愛就係怕生活。而嗰啲驚生命嘅人，就好似死咗咁。

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