活人 (huó rén) — living person, someone who is still alive

Definition

Examples

• 在事故中，只有他一个活人活了下来。
  Zài shì gù zhōng, zhǐ yǒu tā yí gè huó rén huó le xià lái.
  In the accident, only he, a living person, survived.
• 医生说他还有希望，因为他还是一个活人。
  Yī shēng shuō tā hái yǒu xī wàng, yīn wèi tā hái shì yí gè huó rén.
  The doctor said he still has hope because he is still a living person.
• 考古学家发现了一具两千年前的尸体，但现在已经不是活人了。
  Kǎo gǔ xué jiā fā xiàn le yí jù liǎng qiān nián qián de shī tǐ, dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng bú shì huó rén le.
  Archaeologists discovered a two-thousand-year-old corpse, but it is no longer a living person.

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