存活 cúnhuó to survive (a serious accident)
to survive (a serious accident); survival
How to remember 存活: 存 exist + 活 alive = to survive (a serious accident).
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How it is used
- 'To survive' - of living things pulling through - 存活率 (cúnhuólǜ) survival rate.
- Used for patients, seedlings, transplanted organs, endangered species making it through.
- More clinical/biological than 活下来 (huó xiàlái); focuses on continued survival of an organism.
Example sentences
- 中小企业要勒紧裤带才能存活。 Zhōngxiǎoqǐyè yào lēijǐnkùdài cáinéng cúnhuó.Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.