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  *光* | 光* | *光
light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
the body / one's health
HSK 1
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
body weight
HSK 4
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
HSK 5
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
the whole body / (typography) em
HSK 2
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  *挺* | 挺* | *挺
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
HSK 2
whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
HSK 3
(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function; to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate; to run / (of a computer) to run
HSK 5
body language
body fat
face (body part)
HSK 7-9
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  *官* | 官* | *官
government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
human body
HSK 7-9
to collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
pleasant body scent
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  *欠* | 欠* | *欠
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
HSK 5
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
HSK 6
object; body; substance
HSK 7-9
even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
HSK 7-9
body
HSK 7-9
(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
HSK 5
body / pregnancy / health
HSK 7-9
scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale
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  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing
HSK 2
fundamental law / body of basic laws
build / body type
Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body of football (soccer) in Asia
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
pain / (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain
HSK 6
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  *具* | 具* | *具
tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
upper part of the body / to put on (clothes on the upper body) / (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
the body of a vehicle; (bicycle) frame
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  *泓* | 泓* | *泓
clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water
within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to
scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale
fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
HSK 7-9
(body) temperature
HSK 7-9
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  *肷* | 肷* | *肷
(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone
the bottom of a body of water
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
sedan (automobile body type)
three-body problem (mechanics)
people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会)
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
opposite bank (of a body of water)
body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired / spent
(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
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult
vast body of water / CL:
HSK 7-9
body louse
the body and blood of Christ / Holy communion
body hair
body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)
group / a large body of / production brigade / military group
HSK 7-9
this text / article / the main body of a book
thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified
outside the body / in vitro
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
HSK 7-9
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
body length
person / personal / human body
HSK 7-9
limb / limbs and trunk / body
HSK 7-9
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
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
(astronomy) celestial body (e.g. planets, moons)
waters / body of water
HSK 7-9
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
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  *魂* | 魂* | *魂
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
HSK 7-9
lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc)
paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia
Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level)
level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
(unpleasant) body odor
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  *骸* | 骸* | *骸
bones of the body
cuts and bruises all over the body
the four limbs of the body
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance
body weight / dimensions
to incarnate into sb else's body
physical body
(literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system
labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force
to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense
HSK 7-9
governing body of an autonomous territory
(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants

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