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自身

zì shēn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

自身 (zì shēn) means "itself; oneself; one's own". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自身 means

1. itself
2. oneself
3. one's own

The characters in 自身

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 我重视自身的健康。
  Wǒ zhòngshì zìshēn de jiànkāng.
  I take my health seriously.

Words starting with 自身

• 自身难保zì shēn nán bǎopowerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
• 自身利益zì shēn lì yìone's own interests

Words containing 自身

• 其自身qí zì shēnone's own (respective); proprietary
• 泥菩萨过江，自身难保ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎolike a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety…

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