瘦身
shòu shēn
Pinyin

Definition

瘦身
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shòu shēn
  1. to lose weight (intentionally)
  2. to slim down
  3. (Tw) to downsize (a business)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
瘦
shòu
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 to lose weight
  3. 3 (of clothing) tight
  4. 4 (of meat) lean
  5. 5 (of land) unproductive
起身
qǐ shēn
  1. 1 to get up
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 to set forth
身
shēn
  1. 1 body
  2. 2 life
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 personally
  5. 5 one's morality and conduct
  6. 6 the main part of a structure or body
  7. 7 pregnant
  8. 8 classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. 9 Kangxi radical 158
身份
shēn fèn
  1. 1 identity
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 capacity
  4. 4 dignity
  5. 5 position
  6. 6 rank

Idioms (20)

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)
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

Sample Sentences

你是说身形吗？那我都胖了三十几年了，难不成得先瘦身？
nǐ shì shuō shēnxíng ma ？nà wǒ dōu pàng le sānshíjǐ nián le ，nánbùchéng děi xiān shòushēn ？
You mean my figure? I've been fat for over thirty years now, so I have to get thin first?
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当然如果可以适当瘦身是最好不过了，毕竟有人会肆意评价如果你连身上这几斤肉都管理不好又如何掌握人生呢？不过瘦身不是重点，关键是体态，站有站相坐有坐相，你脖子前倾的问题太严重了。
dāngrán rúguǒ kěyǐ shìdàng shòushēn shì zuì hǎo bùguò le ，bìjìng yǒurén huì sìyì píngjià rúguǒ nǐ lián shēnshàng zhè jǐ jīn ròu dōu guǎnlǐ bù hǎo yòu rúhé zhǎngwò rénshēng ne ？bùguò shòushēn bùshì focus ，guānjiàn shì tǐtài ，zhàn yǒu zhànxiàng zuò yǒu zuòxiàng ，nǐ bózi qiánqīng de wèntí tài yánzhòng le 。
Of course going on a suitable diet is the best thing, given that people are prone to making unthinking judgements like "If you can't even take good care of the kilos of flesh on your body, then how will you take charge of your life?" But a thin body isn't the point. The key is your posture, you should stand in a certain way and sit in a certain way, and that slouch of yours is really too serious.
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