身
shēn
Pinyin

Definition

身
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shēn
  1. body
  2. life
  3. oneself
  4. personally
  5. one's morality and conduct
  6. the main part of a structure or body
  7. pregnant
  8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. Kangxi radical 158

Character Decomposition

Compounds (21)

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
射
shè
  1. 1 old variant of 射[shè]
射
shè
  1. 1 to shoot
  2. 2 to launch
  3. 3 to allude to
  4. 4 radio- (chemistry)
谢
Xiè
  1. 1 surname Xie
谢
xiè
  1. 1 to thank
  2. 2 to apologize
  3. 3 to wither (of flowers, leaves etc)
  4. 4 to decline

Related Words (20)

单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
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
身价
shēn jià
  1. 1 social status
  2. 2 price of a slave
  3. 3 price of a person (a sportsman etc)
  4. 4 worth
  5. 5 value (of stocks, valuables etc)

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

加工食品对身体不好，别吃太多。
jiāgōng shípǐn duì shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bié chī tài duō 。
Processed food is not food for health. Don't eat it too much.
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最近身体不太好，常跑医院。
zuìjìn shēntǐ bùtàihǎo ，cháng pǎo yīyuàn 。
I don't feel well these days. I often go to the hospital.
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再比如变色龙，它是蜥蜴的一种，“蜥”如其名，它会随着周遭的环境改变自身的颜色。
zài bǐrú biànsèlóng ，tā shì xīyì de yīzhǒng ，“xī ”rú qí míng ，tā huì suízhe zhōuzāo de huánjìng gǎibiàn zìshēn de yánsè 。
Another example could be the chameleon. It is a type of lizard. Just as its name, it will change its skin color based on its surrounding environment.
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但动物身上颜色的形成常常不只是因为一朵花、一株草或一棵树，而是整个自然环境。
dàn dòngwù shēnshang yánsè de xíngchéng chángcháng bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yī duǒ huā 、yī zhū cǎo huò yī kē shù ，érshì zhěnggè zìrán huánjìng 。
However, the camouflage is usually not just a flower, a bead of grass, or a tree, it is often the entire environment.
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你总是要我在你身旁，说幸福该是什么模样。
nǐ zǒngshì yào wǒ zài nǐ shēn páng ，shuō xìngfú gāi shì shénme múyàng 。
You’ve always wanted me to be next to you, saying how love is supposed to be.
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隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班，晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候，女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。
gétiān tā tuō zhe píbèi de shēnqū qù shàngbān ，wǎnshang shèng tā yīgē rén zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，nǚháiēr yòu lái le 。QínYǔ xiǎnde yǒudiǎn bùzhīsuǒcuò 。
The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.
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语毕，女孩儿转过身，朝着大门走了进去。但，大门一直是关着的，自始至终没有开过！可秦宇他是亲眼看见女孩儿从关着的大门穿过去消失的！
yv3bì ，nǚháiēr zhuàn guò shēn ，cháozhe dàmén zǒu le jìnqù 。dàn ，dàmén yīzhí shì guān zhe de ，zìshǐzhìzhōng méiyǒu kāi guò ！kě QínYǔ tā shì qīnyǎn kànjiàn nǚháiēr cóng guān zhe de dàmén chuān guòqù xiāoshī de ！
After that, the girl turned around and walked through the door. But the door had been closed right from the start! Yet QinYu saw with his own eyes that the girl walked through the door and disappeared.
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后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听，才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后，在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上，当场身亡，香消玉陨了，而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
hòulái QínYǔ xiàng nǚháiēr de línjū men dǎting ，cái zhīdào yuánlái nǚháiēr yuè rì zài Shànghǎi kàn wán huàjù biǎoyǎn hòu ，zài huí jiǔdiàn de lùshang bèi yīgè jiǔhòu jiàchē de sījī zhuàng shàng ，dāngchǎng shēnwáng ，xiāngxiāoyùyǔn le ，ér yuè rì nàtiān zhènghǎo shì nǚháiēr de tóuqī 。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
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原来，是那位让他心仪的女孩儿再度现身咖啡店！
yuánlái ，shì nà wèi ràng tā xīnyí de nǚháiēr zàidù xiànshēn kāfēidiàn ！
Turns out, it was the girl that he admires that appeared in the cafe again!
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这时，他一阵毛骨悚然，起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
zhèshí ，tā yīzhèn máogǔsǒngrán ，qǐ le yīshēn jīpígēda 。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
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