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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

净身jìng shēn

to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated)

净身出户jìng shēn chū hù

to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property)

出师未捷身先死chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ

"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相[Shǔ xiàng] by Du Fu 杜甫[Dù Fǔ])

刀身dāo shēn

blade (of a knife or sword)

分身乏术fēn shēn fá shù

to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time

初试身手chū shì shēn shǒu

to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray

刺身cì shēn

sashimi

剑身jiàn shēn

sword blade

包在我身上bāo zài wǒ shēn shang

leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it

包身工bāo shēn gōng

indentured laborer

半身不遂bàn shēn bù suí

paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia

反身fǎn shēn

to turn around

反身代词fǎn shēn dài cí

reflexive pronoun

可身kě shēn

to fit well (clothes)

丧身sàng shēn

to lose one's life

单身汪dān shēn wāng

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

单身狗dān shēn gǒu

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

单身贵族dān shēn guì zú

fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)

土木身tǔ mù shēn

one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth)

在身zài shēn

to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)

地牛翻身dì niú fān shēn

(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)

塑身sù shēn

body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)

失身分shī shēn fèn

demeaning

委身wěi shēn

to give oneself wholly to / to put oneself at sb's service / (of a woman) to give one's body to / to marry

孑然一身jié rán yī shēn

to be all alone in the world

孑身jié shēn

all by oneself / all alone

孤身只影gū shēn zhī yǐng

lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)

它本身tā běn shēn

itself

守身shǒu shēn

to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste

守身如玉shǒu shēn rú yù

to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste

安身立命ān shēn lì mìng

(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life

完璧之身wán bì zhī shēn

undefiled (girl) / virgin / (of computer system) clean / uncorrupted

小作怡情,大作伤身xiǎo zuō yí qíng , dà zuō shāng shēn

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[xiǎo zhuó yí qíng , dà zhuó shāng shēn])

平身píng shēn

(old) to stand up (after kowtowing) / You may rise.

厕身cè shēn

(humble expression) to participate (in sth) / to play a humble role in

弓身gōng shēn

to bend the body at the waist / to bow

强身qiáng shēn

to strengthen one's body / to keep fit / to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)

强身健体qiáng shēn jiàn tǐ

to keep fit and healthy

情定终身qíng dìng zhōng shēn

(idiom) to pledge eternal love / to exchange marriage vows

惹火烧身rě huǒ shāo shēn

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

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