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行尸走肉

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4-character word Traditional 行屍走肉

What 行尸走肉 means

1. walking corpse (idiom)
2. zombie
3. person who lives only on the material level

The characters in 行尸走肉

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)

Example sentences

• 他已形同行尸走肉。
  He is as good as dead.