生命

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

vitality

the Cambrian explosion

inert / lifeless

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

see 阿育吠陀[A1 yu4 fei4 tuo2]

life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.

biodiversity

(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone

life cycle

vital signs

to risk one's life