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Definition
- body
- meaning component (body)
- radical (Kang Xi 158)
- life
- oneself
- personally
- one's morality and conduct
- the main part of a structure or body
- pregnant
- classifier (for sets of clothes: suit, twinset)
- measure word
Compounds (5)
Related words (241)
on one's body; on one's person; on hand; at hand; among; (to have something) on one; on oneself; with one
social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)
in (some place); to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc); to find oneself in; placed in; surrounded by
height (of person); length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace
to give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service; (of a woman) to give one's body to; to marry
to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else
to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
to turn round (of a person) ; to turn around; to turn-back; to face (about); to remarry (of a widow) (archaic)
human head, snake's body; cf Nüwa 女娲氏[Nu:3 wa1 shi4] and Fuxi 伏羲氏 in some versions of mythology
(fig.) unmarried person; single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
to feel as if it had happened to oneself; to sympathize; (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor
to give it your all; to go at it with all you've got; to throw your whole weight behind it; also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
major turning point (of lifelong import - esp. marriage); great event in one's life (usually referring to marriage)
(lit.) pull one hair and the whole body moves; (fig.) a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect
Idioms (36)
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself
body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom); action speaks louder than words
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom); to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
(lit.) the salted fish turns over (idiom); (fig.) to experience a reversal of fortune
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; to defy personal danger; regardless of perils
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
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality; to shun evil influence; to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble; to keep one's hands clean
to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation; cleanliness is next to godliness
(lit.) torn body and crushed bones (idiom); (fig.) to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
(lit.) to take the yellow gown (idiom); (fig.) to be made emperor; to take the crown
(lit.) wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free.
(lit.) wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free.
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