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HSK
to exercise / to keep fit / to work out / physical exercise
HSK 4
itself / oneself / one's own
HSK 3
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
HSK 5
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
the whole body / (typography) em
HSK 2
lifelong / all one's life / marriage
HSK 5
to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin
HSK 7-9
direct / concerning oneself / personal
HSK 7-9
to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up
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
(idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows
to go on a journey / to leave
HSK 7-9
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
itself / in itself / per se
HSK 6
personal / oneself
HSK 7-9
(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
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils
sashimi
waist / waistline
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
incarnation / reincarnation / embodiment (of abstract idea) / personification
HSK 7-9
stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
HSK 7-9
to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery
person / personal / human body
HSK 7-9
to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage
HSK 7-9
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
itself
blade (of a knife or sword)
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
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
to make one's home / to take shelter
to invite trouble
alone; by oneself
lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) / fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
to stay at / to live in (temporarily)
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; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
(to stand or move) sideways
to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc)
to be harmful to one's health
undefiled (girl) / virgin / (of computer system) clean / uncorrupted
to hide / to go into hiding / to take refuge
HSK 7-9
lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
to get up / to leave / to set forth
lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane
to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
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  *身* | 身* | *身
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
to throw oneself into sth
HSK 7-9
all over / from head to foot
HSK 7-9
to (carry) on one's person / to (take) with one
HSK 7-9
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
to warm up (sports) / (fig.) to prepare / to get in condition
to stand upright (physically) / to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity
to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated)
whole body
to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
nudity / nakedness
to move quickly / to vault / flying tackle
(old) to stand up (after kowtowing) / You may rise.
to give one's life
lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system
to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
the upper body
to tattoo / tattoo
to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes
never been in a romantic relationship
to place oneself / to stay
murderer; killer
over the whole body
to hide oneself / invisible (person or online status)
HSK 7-9
busy and unable to get away
to enter a body / to possess
to do a body search / to frisk
alone / lonely
it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
to lose one's life
to give oneself wholly to / to put oneself at sb's service / (of a woman) to give one's body to / to marry
an occasional display of histrionics can add a playful element to a relationship, but overdoing it can lead to a breakup (admonishment derived from the saying 小酌怡情大酌傷身|小酌怡情大酌伤身)
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
to get away from / to withdraw / to free oneself
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
(humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in
to bend the body at the waist / to bow
nowhere to hide
undefiled body / virginity / virgin
skintight
one's own (respective) / proprietary
hull / body of a ship
naked
to fit well (clothes)
to get oneself promoted to a higher rank

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