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if I have to translate "still alive" can I write it like this 还活着 or are there better ways to say it? I have to use it as a title of a poem, so it doesn't have a context or a phrase where it should be written in. It's just the simple poetic expression.

A friend of mine wrote it in "cursive" in the image down below, but I don't even know if the first kanji exists. Would you read 还活着?

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  • Yes, you can. "还" = "still" ; "活着" = "alive"
    – Tang Ho ♦
    Jun 6, 2018 at 11:55
  • @Tang Ho, sorry I can't answer directly your comment... thank you for your reply :) what do you think about the image? Would you read it or you'd say that those kanji are quite invented?
    – user19820
    Jun 6, 2018 at 12:09
  • 还活着 is fine. Your friend writing is called 行书 or 草书. I can probably identify his writing.
    – dan
    Jun 6, 2018 at 12:19
  • @dan thank you very much for your reply :)
    – new_user91
    Jun 6, 2018 at 13:08
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    general method for answering this type of Q: search web using ＂E text, 中文＂ or "C text, English＂
    – user6065
    Jun 6, 2018 at 13:53

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還活著 is correct in meaning

But in most cases 仍(然)活著 is a better translation

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  • In the same spirit: 依然活着 and 依旧活着 are two alternatives.
    – Frenzy Li
    Jun 12, 2018 at 6:37

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