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HSK levels

    shēng

    1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur
    2. to light (a fire)
    3. to live; to be alive; life
    4. raw; uncooked; unprocessed
    5. unfamiliar; strange
    6. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field
    7. (bound form) male role in traditional opera
    8. (bound form) life; lifetime
    9. (bound form) means of livelihood
    10. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2])
    11. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

    春天花儿生长得很快。 Chūntiān huār shēngzhǎng de hěn kuài.