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HSK
the body / one's health
HSK 1
identity card / ID
HSK 3
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
(a person's) height
HSK 4
identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." + ... + 的身份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
HSK 4
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
the way one carries oneself
body
HSK 7-9
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
body / pregnancy / health
HSK 7-9
I.D. number
(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
HSK 7-9
to die
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
thrown into prison / behind bars
social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc)
HSK 7-9
in the capacity of / as
strong and vigorous / sturdy / robust
disability
pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
body and mind / mental and physical
HSK 7-9
skill / talent / agility
psychiatry
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
ID card / proof of identity
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
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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 die
height (of a person); stature / (fig.) reputation; standing
to wear (a garment)
teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom) / action speaks louder than words
pose / figure / attitude
(idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
to be trapped / to be imprisoned
mere worldly possessions
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
fallen into a trap
body mass index (BMI)
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
posture / upright posture
height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
to possess no special talents
to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead
(Tw) stereophonic sound
to go to prison / to be imprisoned
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
to do a background check on sb
figure (esp. a woman's)
physically and emotionally exhausted
in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by
body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
refreshment
oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets
body / physique / physical condition
(idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life
agile; nimble; deft
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
feathered
identification card / ID card
a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage
to practice what one preaches (idiom)
to teach by example
to be pregnant (idiom)
body shape
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
to wear
tall / huge
holding two jobs simultaneously
pregnancy / pregnant
seriously injured
lit. the body is the revolution's capital / fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
to be decapitated (idiom)
identity card / ID card
the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background
identity theft
variant of 身份證號碼|身份证号码 / I.D. number
variant of 身份
erhua variant of 身板


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