"Body" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shēn tǐ the body / one's health / CL:具[ju4],個|个[ge4] / in person
 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shēn zi body / pregnancy / health
 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
 wù tǐ object / body / substance
 shēn qū body
 zhī tǐ limb / limbs and trunk / body
 qū tǐ body / carcass
 qū qiào the body (housing the soul)
 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity)
 shēn shang on the body / at hand / among
 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book
 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
 quán shēn whole body / em (typography)
 rén tǐ human body
 shēn hòu posthumous / one's social background / behind the body
 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
 tǐ nèi within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to
 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
 shī tǐ dead body / corpse / carcass / CL:具[ju4]
 tǐ zhòng body weight
 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military group
 shēn xīn body and mind / mental and physical
 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane
 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body
 rén shēn person / personal / human body
 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group
 ròu tǐ physical body
 chē shēn body of automobile
 sì zhī the four limbs of the body
 shàng shēn upper part of the body
 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
 kuī jiǎ armor / body armor and helmet
 shēn fǎ pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
 duō suo to tremble / to shiver / uncontrolled shaking of the body
 shuǐ yù waters / body of water
 tǐ wài outside the body / in vitro
 tǐ xíng build / body type
 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
 tǐ wèi body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
 zhōu shēn whole body
 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water)
 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
 shàng bàn shēn the upper body
 sù shēn body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows
 ròu shēn corporeal body
 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body
 dòng tǐ carcass / naked body
 shuǐ tǐ body of water
 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form
 bèi jǐ the back of the human body
 tōng tǐ (of sb or sth) whole or entire body
 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4]
 qiáng shēn to strengthen one's body / to keep fit / to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
 bèi wō quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding) / (contemporary) bedding / quilt / blankets / cover / bed
 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
 sǐ shī a corpse / a dead body
 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population
 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
穿 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
穿 chuān cì medical puncture to extract bodily fluid (a tap) / body piercing / puncture
 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / extremely tired / spent
 sān xiāng sedan (automobile body type)
 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life
 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
  certifying body
 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body
 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
 ān shén to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
 fù shēn to enter a body / to possess
 rú yǐng suí xíng as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / closely associated with each other / to follow relentlessly
 suì shī dismembered body
 huó tǐ living body / live specimen
 chuán shēn hull / body of a ship
 chuán tǐ hull / body of a ship
 tǐ cháng body length
 piān tān paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
 héng dù to cross (a body of water)
 hán máo fine hair on the human body
 ái biàn to become cancerous / transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
 chá yán guān sè to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
 xīng tǐ celestial body (planet, satellite etc)
 sū ruǎn weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft
 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
  accreditation body
 sōu shēn to do a body search / to frisk
 biàn tǐ all over the body
 yáo shēn lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
 yè miàn surface (of a body of liquid)
 tǐ máo body hair
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