转身 (轉身)
zhuǎn shēn
Pinyin

Definition

转身 (轉身)
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zhuǎn shēn
  1. (of a person) to turn round
  2. to face about
  3. (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

Character Decomposition

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

对我们东方人来说，真正恐怖的应该是日韩的一些电影，这些电影没有很血腥的画面，但会在一些现实的环境中营造令人窒息的气氛，让我感觉一转身就能遇见鬼，代表电影有《鬼娃娃花子》、《午夜凶铃》等。
duì wǒmen dōngfāngrén láishuō ，zhēnzhèng kǒngbù de yīnggāi shì rì hán de yīxiē diànyǐng ，zhèxiē diànyǐng méiyǒu hěn xuèxīng de huàmiàn ，dàn huì zài yīxiē xiànshí de huánjìng zhōng yíngzào lìng rén zhìxī de qìfen ，ràng wǒ gǎnjué yī zhuǎnshēn jiù néng yùjiàn guǐ ，dàibiǎo diànyǐng yǒu 《guǐwáwa huāzǐ 》、《Wǔyèxiōnglíng 》děng 。
For us Easterners, real horror is the Japanese and Korean films, films that don't have scenes of gore, but rather involve certain real-life situations will create an atmosphere of suffocation, giving me the feeling that I'll see a ghost as soon as I turn around. Representative films include 'Hanako-san' and 'The Ring'.
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大家转身，转向小李同学。
dàjiā zhuǎnshēn ，zhuǎn xiàng Xiǎo Lǐ tóngxué 。
Everybody turned around to face their classmate Xiaoli.
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他转身，朝我说。
tā zhuǎnshēn ，cháo wǒ shuō 。
He turned around to face me and said.
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李探长转身对大家说：“这是一起非常恶劣的杀人案件，大家先分头行动，看能不能找到点线索。”
Lǐ tànzhǎng zhuǎnshēn duì dàjiā shuō ：“zhè shì yīqǐ fēicháng èliè de shārén ànjiàn ，dàjiā xiān fēntóu xíngdòng ，kàn néngbùnéng zhǎodào diǎnr xiànsuǒ 。”
Detective Li turned to the group and said: “This is a grisly murder case. Everyone split up and see if you can find some clues.”
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唐僧转身道：“不必多言！你快走吧，不然我又要念那紧箍咒！”
Táng sēng zhuǎnshēn dào ：“búbì duōyán ！nǐ kuài zǒu ba ，bùrán wǒ yòu yào niàn nà jǐngūzhòu ！”
Tang Seng turned his back and said, “Don’t say any more! Leave now or I’ll read the incantation of the golden headband again.”
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说完转身继续赶路，大家也一个个跟在后面。
shuōwán zhuǎnshēn jìxù gǎnlù ，dàjiā yě yīgègè gēn zài hòumian 。
After speaking, he turned around and continued on the path. Everyone else followed him one after the other.
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