活用

活用	huó yòng	to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective)
活	huó	to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
用	yòng	to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore