lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom); fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
trad. 樹挪死，人挪活
Also written 樹挪死，人挪活【shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó】
Characters in this word
5树
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tree, CL:棵[ke1], to cultivate, to set up
- Pinyin
- shù
- Traditional
- 樹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2862 of 2500
挪
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to shift, to move
- Pinyin
- nuó
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 12770 of 2500
死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
活
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to live, alive, living, work, workmanship
- Pinyin
- huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1301 of 2500