感同身受
gǎn tóng shēn shòu
Pinyin

Definition

感同身受
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gǎn tóng shēn shòu
  1. to feel as if it had happened to oneself
  2. to sympathize
  3. (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不同
bù tóng
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 not the same
  4. 4 not alike
享受
xiǎng shòu
  1. 1 to enjoy
  2. 2 to live it up
  3. 3 pleasure
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
同
tóng
  1. 1 (used in given names)
  2. 2 variant: 同 tóng
共同
gòng tóng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 joint
  3. 3 jointly
  4. 4 together
  5. 5 collaborative
受
shòu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to suffer
  4. 4 subjected to
  5. 5 to bear
  6. 6 to stand
  7. 7 pleasant
  8. 8 (passive marker)

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
  1. 1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

Sample Sentences

可事实上，妈妈比较细心，也善于照顾小婴儿，比较能对孩子的感受感同身受。那爸爸相对来说就粗枝大叶了些，真的很怀疑他们是否可以照顾好孩子。
kě shìshíshàng ，māma bǐjiào xìxīn ，yě shànyú zhàogu xiǎo yīngér ，bǐjiào néng duì háizi de gǎnshòu gǎntóngshēnshòu 。nà bàba xiāngduì láishuō jiù cūzhī dàyè le xiē ，zhēnde hěn huáiyí tāmen shìfǒu kěyǐ zhàogu hǎo háizi 。
But in fact, mothers are more meticulous, and are better at looking after infants, in that they can empathize more with children. Whereas fathers are a little more sloppy. So I really doubt their ability to look after children.
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听你这么说，也真是感同身受，想辞职一定是觉得太憋屈了。
tīng nǐ zhèmeshuō ，yě zhēn shì gǎn tóng shēnshòu ，xiǎng cízhí yīdìng shì juéde tài biēqū le 。
Listening to you, I really have the same experience. That you wanted to resign is because you really felt like you were hard done by.
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