身形
shēn xíng
Pinyin

Definition

身形
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shēn xíng
  1. figure (esp. a woman's)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification
单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
形象
xíng xiàng
  1. 1 image
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 figure
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 visualization
  6. 6 vivid
起身
qǐ shēn
  1. 1 to get up
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 to set forth

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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屈原被放逐以后，常常在河边徘徊吟诗他的神情十分憔悴，身形也变得比以前瘦弱。
Qū Yuán bèi fàngzhú yǐhòu ，chángcháng zài hébiān páihuái yínshī tā de shénqíng shífēn qiáocuì ，shēnxíng yě biànde bǐ yǐqián shòu ruò 。
After Qu Yuan's banishment, he was often found pacing up and down the riverside reciting poetry. His expression was ghostly and ashen. He also started to become thin and weak.
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