化身
huà shēn
Pinyin

Definition

化身
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huà shēn
  1. incarnation
  2. reincarnation
  3. embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. personification

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
全身
quán shēn
  1. 1 whole body
  2. 2 em (typography)
化妆
huà zhuāng
  1. 1 to put on makeup
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification
单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
强化
qiáng huà
  1. 1 to strengthen
  2. 2 to intensify
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
本身
běn shēn
  1. 1 itself
  2. 2 in itself
  3. 3 per se
消化
xiāo huà
  1. 1 to digest
  2. 2 digestion
  3. 3 digestive
变化
biàn huà
  1. 1 change
  2. 2 variation
  3. 3 to change
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
起身
qǐ shēn
  1. 1 to get up
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 to set forth
身
shēn
  1. 1 body
  2. 2 life
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 personally
  5. 5 one's morality and conduct
  6. 6 the main part of a structure or body
  7. 7 pregnant
  8. 8 classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. 9 Kangxi radical 158
身上
shēn shang
  1. 1 on the body
  2. 2 at hand
  3. 3 among
身份
shēn fèn
  1. 1 identity
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 capacity
  4. 4 dignity
  5. 5 position
  6. 6 rank
身价
shēn jià
  1. 1 social status
  2. 2 price of a slave
  3. 3 price of a person (a sportsman etc)
  4. 4 worth
  5. 5 value (of stocks, valuables etc)
身材
shēn cái
  1. 1 stature
  2. 2 build (height and weight)
  3. 3 figure
身边
shēn biān
  1. 1 at one's side
  2. 2 on hand
身体
shēn tǐ
  1. 1 the body
  2. 2 one's health
  3. 3 CL:具[jù],個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in person
转身
zhuǎn shēn
  1. 1 (of a person) to turn round
  2. 2 to face about
  3. 3 (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
一身
yī shēn
  1. 1 whole body
  2. 2 from head to toe
  3. 3 single person
  4. 4 a suit of clothes

Idioms (20)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
  1. 1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
  1. 1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
分身乏术
fēn shēn fá shù
  1. 1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
  1. 1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

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