本身
běn shēn
Pinyin

Definition

本身
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běn shēn
  1. itself
  2. in itself
  3. per se

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本人
běn rén
  1. 1 the person himself
  2. 2 I (humble form used in speeches)
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 myself
  5. 5 in person
  6. 6 personal
本来
běn lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 originally
  3. 3 at first
  4. 4 it goes without saying
  5. 5 of course
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
根本
gēn běn
  1. 1 fundamental
  2. 2 basic
  3. 3 root
  4. 4 simply
  5. 5 absolutely (not)
  6. 6 (not) at all
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
版本
bǎn běn
  1. 1 version
  2. 2 edition
  3. 3 release
起身
qǐ shēn
  1. 1 to get up
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 to set forth
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
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
一身
yī shēn
  1. 1 whole body
  2. 2 from head to toe
  3. 3 single person
  4. 4 a suit of clothes
上身
shàng shēn
  1. 1 upper part of the body
下身
xià shēn
  1. 1 lower part of the body
  2. 2 genitalia
  3. 3 trousers
人身
rén shēn
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 human body

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)
一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
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
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
  1. 1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
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
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
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
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
大显身手
dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) fully displaying one's capabilities
奋不顾身
fèn bù gù shēn
  1. 1 to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers
  2. 2 regardless of perils
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
  1. 1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
  2. 2 to be all alone (idiom)
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你本身就智商捉急，被人贩子卖了还帮人数钱的主，感情这事儿您就别瞎操心了。只是得警惕任何时候都小心别上当受骗了。
nǐ běnshēn jiù zhìshāngzhuōjí ，bèi rén fànzi mài le hái bāng rén shǔqiándezhǔ ，gǎnqíng zhè shìr5 nín jiù bié xiā cāoxīn le 。zhǐshì děi jǐngtì rènhé shíhou dōu xiǎoxīn bié shàngdàng shòupiàn le 。
I think I should be worried about your IQ, you've fallen for his line hook, line and sinker and even thanked him for his trouble. You worry yourself over nothing when it comes to relationships. You should just be cautious at all times not to be fooled.
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孺子可教也！是的，“词”本身，在我们的大脑里，只是信息模块的载体，每个词背后所提供的信息量是相当大的，而“词汇是语言的一切”这一说法，就是咱们语言学的泰山北斗乔姆斯基在八十年代提出的。
rúzǐkějiāo yě ！shì de ，“cí ”běnshēn ，zài wǒmen de dànǎo lǐ ，zhǐshì xìnxī mókuài de zàitǐ ，měige cí bèihòu suǒ tígōng de xìnxīliàng shì xiāngdāng dà de ，ér “cíhuì shì yǔyán de yīqiè ”zhè yī shuōfa ，jiùshì zánmen yǔyánxué de tàishānběidǒu Qiáomǔsījī zài bāshí niándài tíchū de 。
You're a quick learner! Yes, words themselves, in our brains, are simply carriers of modules of data. The amount of data behind each word is quite substantial, and the saying "vocabulary is everything in language", was proposed by the giant of the linguistics field, Noam Chomsky, back in the 1980s.
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这样看来通过词汇就可以将信息有逻辑的链接起来，所以词语和词语之间也不是孤立的，相反它们本身就蕴含了大量信息。所以词汇真的可说是语言的一切了。
zhèyàng kànlai tōngguò cíhuì jiù kěyǐ jiāng xìnxī yǒu luóji de liànjiē qǐlái ，suǒyǐ cíyǔ hé cíyǔ zhījiān yě bù shì gūlì de ，xiāngfǎn tāmen běnshēn jiù yùnhán le dàliàng xìnxī 。suǒyǐ cíhuì zhēnde kě shuō shì yǔyán de yīqiè le 。
So, from this it seems that through the lexicon you can link bits of data together with logic, so individual vocabulary words aren't isolated from one another. On the contrary, they contain a lot of data in themselves. So you really can say that vocabulary is everything in language.
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啊，意思是，虽然我积累了成千上万的词汇，却只有词汇本身的形音义信息，而没有词汇的搭配与语境等其他信息。
ā ，yìsi shì ，suīrán wǒ jīlěi le chéngqiānshàngwàn de cíhuì ，què zhī yǒu cíhuì běnshēn de xíng yīn yì xìnxī ，ér méiyǒu cíhuì de dāpèi yǔ yǔjìng děng qítā xìnxī 。
Ah, you mean, although I've accumulated an untold number of words, I only have data on the shape, sound and meaning of the words themselves, I haven't got data on the words that go with them and other information on their context of use.
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那么我们就更应该给家庭主夫多一些理解和宽容了，他们能够选择为家庭牺牲自己的工作，忍受社会的议论，本身就是难能可贵的了。
nàme wǒmen jiù gèng yīnggāi gěi jiātíngzhǔfū duō yīxiē lǐjiě hé kuānróng le ，tāmen nénggòu xuǎnzé wèi jiātíng xīshēng zìjǐ de gōngzuò ，rěnshòu shèhuì de yìlùn ，běnshēn jiùshì nánnéngkěguì de le 。
Then we should give househusbands a little more understanding and tolerance. Choosing to sacrifice their jobs for their families and putting up with contrary opinions within society is valuable in itself.
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我觉得还得你去一趟，因为像我这样对家庭主夫本身有成见的人，怎么理直气壮地劝小周爸妈，还没开口就觉得心虚了。
wǒ juéde hái děi nǐ qù yī tāng ，yīnwèi xiàng wǒ zhèyàng duì jiātíngzhǔfū běnshēn yǒu chéngjiàn de rén ，zěnme lǐzhíqìzhuàng de quàn Xiǎo Zhōu bàmā ，hái méi kāikǒu jiù juéde xīnxū le 。
I think you should go to see yourself, because however someone with biases towards house-husbands like me might take the high horse in advising Xiaozhou's parents, I'll feel in the wrong before I even open my mouth.
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嗨，听我说完，二来，咱们也不能拿着道德的旗帜到处发泄不满，道德卫士本身也是一种野蛮的行径。
hāi ，tīng wǒ shuōwán ，èrlái ，zánmen yě bù néng ná zhe dàodé de qízhì dàochù fāxiè bùmǎn ，dàodé wèishì běnshēn yě shì yīzhǒng yěmán de xíngjìng 。
Hey! Let me finish. Secondly, we can't go around venting our anger under the flag of morality. Being a social justice warrior is a savage way to behave in itself.
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杭州占尽天时地利，自古就是不少朝代的帝都，历史文化积淀下来的那份大器再加上杭州本身的山明水秀就形成了它独特的气质。
Hángzhōu zhànjìn tiānshí dìlì ，zì gǔ jiùshì bùshǎo cháodài de dìdū ，lìshǐ wénhuà jīdiàn xiàlai de nàfèn dàqì zài jiāshang Hángzhōu běnshēn de shānmíngshuǐxiù jiù xíngchéng le tā dútè de qìzhì 。
Hangzhou has a great strategic location and has served as the imperial capital of several historical dynasties, as well as historical relics and the enchanting scenery of Hangzhou itself, which form its unique features.
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仔细想想，其实还是自己带眼镜比较卫生，而且我本身就戴眼镜，如果用派发的眼镜，还要在自己的眼镜上架着另一副眼镜，特别笨拙。
zǐxì xiǎng xiǎng ，qíshí háishi zìjǐ dài yǎnjìng bǐjiào wèishēng ，érqiě wǒ běnshēn jiù dài yǎnjìng ，rúguǒ yòng pàifā de yǎnjìng ，hái yào zài zìjǐ de yǎnjìng shàng jià zhe lìng yī fù yǎnjìng ，tèbié bènzhuō 。
Think about it, in fact, it is more hygienic to bring your own glasses. And since I already wear glasses, if I place another pair of glasses on top of mine it becomes especially clumsy.
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不少从事教育和文化监管的工作者认为，将家庭教育、学校教育和社会矛盾的诸多问题统统归给玩游戏本身是一种错误观念。
bùshǎo cóngshì jiàoyù hé wénhuà jiānguǎn de gōngzuòzhě rènwéi ，jiāng jiātíngjiàoyù 、xuéxiàojiàoyù hé shèhuì máodùn de zhūduō wèntí tǒngtǒng guīgěi wán yóuxì běnshēn shì yīzhǒng cuòwù guānniàn 。
Many who are working in the education and cultural field believe that it is a misconception that the problems of family education, school education and social contradictions are all attributed to the game itself.
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