活灵活现

活靈活現

huólíng-huóxiàn

idiom #28,916

Meanings

他把故事里的人物描写得活灵活现。

Tā bǎ gùshi lǐ de rénwù miáoxiě de huólínghuóxiàn.

He depicted the characters in the story in a vivid and lifelike way.

这幅画画得活灵活现，好像真的一样。

Zhè fú huàhuà de huólínghuóxiàn, hǎoxiàng zhēnde yīyàng.

This painting is so lifelike it looks real.

memory

活 means 'alive', 灵 means 'spirit/soul', 现 means 'to appear/manifest'. Picture something so vivid its spirit comes alive before your eyes.

活 huó

灵 líng

现 xiàn