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一身

yī shēn

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

一身 (yī shēn) means "whole body; from head to toe; single person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一身 means

1. whole body
2. from head to toe
3. single person
4. a suit of clothes

The characters in 一身

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 她总是一身黑。
  Tā zǒngshì yīshēn hēi.
  She is always dressed in black.

Words starting with 一身

• 一身汗yī shēn hànsweating all over
• 一身两役yī shēn liǎng yìone person taking on two tasks simultaneously
• 一身是胆yī shēn shì dǎndevoid of fear (idiom); intrepid

Words containing 一身

• 孑然一身jié rán yī shēnto be all alone in the world
• 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎone who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor…

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