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