| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 安身立命 | ān shēn lì mìng | settle down and get on with one's pursuit | |
| 奔命 | bēn mìng | rush about on errands; be kept on the run | |
| 斃命 | 毙命 | bì mìng | meet violent death; get killed |
| 薄命 | bó mìng | (usu. of women) born under an unlucky star; born unlucky | |
| 不聽命 | 不听命 | bù tīng mìng | disobey |
| 大革命 | dà gé mìng | great revolution | |
| 對證命名 | 对证命名 | duì zhèng mìng míng | confrontation naming |
| 法國大革命 | 法国大革命 | Fǎ guó dà gé mìng | French Revolution |
| 法國七月革命 | 法国七月革命 | Fǎ guó Qī yuè Gé mìng | July Revolution |
| 反革命 | fǎn gé mìng | counter-revolutionary | |
| 革命 | gé mìng | (political) revolution | |
| 工業革命 | 工业革命 | gōng yè gé mìng | Industrial Revolution |
| 光榮革命 | 光荣革命 | guāng róng gé mìng | Revolution of 1688 |
| 國民革命軍 | 国民革命军 | Guó mín Gé mìng jūn | National Revolutionary Army |
| 誡命 | 诫命 | jiè mìng | commandment |
| 命 | mìng | life; fate | |
| 命令 | mìng lìng | (an) order or command | |
| 命脈 | 命脉 | mìng mài | lifeline |
| 命名 | mìng míng | name; naming | |
| 命名法 | mìng míng fǎ | naming task | |
| 命名作業 | 命名作业 | mìng míng zuò yè | naming task |
| 命題 | 命题 | mìng tí | (v) assign a topic for an essay |
| 命運 | 命运 | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 命運註定 | 命运注定 | mìng yùn zhù dìng | ordain |
| 拼命 | pīn mìng | to be ready to risk one's life (in fighting, work, etc.) | |
| 平均壽命 | 平均寿命 | píng jūn shòu mìng | (n) life expectancy |
| 任命 | rèn mìng | to appoint and nominate | |
| 認命 | 认命 | rèn mìng | (adj) resigned; (v) accept, be resigned to one's fate |
| 捨命 | 舍命 | shě mìng | to risk one's life |
| 申命記 | 申命记 | shēn mìng jì | Deuteronomy |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (force) | |
| 生命的遺跡 | 生命的遗迹 | shēng mìng de yí jī | trace of life; vestige of life |
| 生命多樣性 | 生命多样性 | shēng mìng duō yàng xìng | biodiversity |
| 生命跡象 | 生命迹象 | shēng mìng jī xiàng | sign of life |
| 生命科學 | 生命科学 | shēng mìng kē xué | life sciences |
| 生命力 | shēng mìng lì | vitality | |
| 生命期望 | shēng mìng qī wàng | life expectancy | |
| 生命起源 | shēng mìng qǐ yuán | origin of life | |
| 生命線 | 生命线 | shēng mìng xiàn | lifeline |
| 生命延續 | 生命延续 | shēng mìng yán xù | life extension |
| 十月革命 | shí yuè gé mìng | October Revolution | |
| 使命 | shǐ mìng | a (diplomatic or other) mission | |
| 壽命 | 寿命 | shòu mìng | life span; life expectancy |
| 授命 | shòu mìng | to give orders | |
| 宿命論 | 宿命论 | sù mìng lùn | fatalism; fatalistic |
| 算命 | suàn mìng | (n) fortune-telling | |
| 天命 | tiān mìng | Mandate of Heaven | |
| 亡命 | wáng mìng | (v) flee, go into exile (from prison) | |
| 維他命 | 维他命 | wéi tā mìng | vitamin |
| 文化大革命 | Wén huà Dà gé mìng | Cultural Revolution | |
| 無生命 | 无生命 | wú shēng mìng | inert; lifeless |
| 辛亥革命 | Xīn hài gé mìng | Xinhai Revolution (led to end of Qing dynasty) | |
| 新民主主義革命 | 新民主主义革命 | Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng | New Democracy revolution |
| 行政命令 | xíng zhèng mìng lìng | executive order | |
| 性命 | xìng mìng | (n) life | |
| 要命 | yào mìng | (v) cause sb to die; (adj) extremely; frighteningly; very; (adj) annoyance | |
| 印度獨立革命運動 | 印度独立革命运动 | Yìn dù Dú lì gé mìng Yùn dòng | Revolutionary movement for Indian independence |
| 應急待命 | 应急待命 | yīng jí dài mìng | emergency standby |
| 致命 | zhì mìng | fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life | |
| 中國國民黨革命委員會 | 中国国民党革命委员会 | Zhōng guó Guó mín dǎng Gé mìng Wěi yuán huì | Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang |
| 中華革命黨 | 中华革命党 | Zhōng huá gé mìng dǎng | Chinese Revolutionary Party |
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