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缠身

chán shēn

2-character word Traditional 纏身

What 缠身 means

1. (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one

The characters in 缠身

• 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

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