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全身

quán shēn

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

全身 (quán shēn) means "the whole body; (typography) em". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 全身 means

1. the whole body
2. (typography) em

The characters in 全身

• 全quánall; whole; entire
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 我全身酸痛。
  Wǒ quánshēn suāntòng.
  My whole body hurts.
• 我全身发痒。
  Wǒ quánshēn fāyǎng.
  My whole body itches.
• 她全身都疼。
  She was aching all over.
• 我全身疼痛。
  My body aches all over.
• 他吓得全身僵硬。
  Tā xià de quánshēn jiāngyìng.
  He was rigid with terror.
• 哎呦好难受啊，全身发痒！
  āiyōu hǎo nánshòu ā, quánshēn fāyǎng!
  Grr! I'm itchy all over, and it's driving me crazy.

Words starting with 全身

• 全身心quán shēn xīnwholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
• 全身而退quán shēn ér tuì(idiom) to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece
• 全身镜quán shēn jìngfull-length mirror
• 全身麻醉quán shēn má zuìgeneral anesthesia
• 全身性红斑狼疮quán shēn xìng hóng bān láng chuāngsystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Words containing 全身

• 牵一发而动全身qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēnlit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom)…

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