







活形活现 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe or portray something so vividly and realistically that it seems to be alive or present; lifelike and vivid”. Literally, “Live form, live appearance”.

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Open the tool →活形活现 (huó xíng huó xiàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe or portray something so vividly and realistically that it seems to be alive or present; lifelike and vivid”.
活形活现 is pronounced huó xíng huó xiàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 活形活现 means “Live form, live appearance”. It is used to mean “to describe or portray something so vividly and realistically that it seems to be alive or present; lifelike and vivid”.
形容神情逼真,使人感到好象亲眼看到一般。同“活龙活现”。