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生活 word · TOCFL 1
生活 ＝ 生 ＋ 活
ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊ · shēnghuó
noun — life, livelihood; verb — to live, to make a living

字源 FORM — what the parts do

生to live; to grow (生活的生)shēng
活to live; alive (活潑的活)huó水 shuǐ (water) + 舌 shé — flowing water; alive
生活，生活的生，活潑的活。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一株草（生）從土裡頂出來，水（氵）還掛在葉上（活）——就是這樣活著。
A shoot (生) pushes up from the earth; water (氵 in 活) still hangs on the leaf — this is what living looks like.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
生存shēngcúnto survive — more elemental than 生活日常生活rìcháng shēnghuóeveryday life — the common extended phrase