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身处

shēn chǔ

2-character word Traditional 身處

What 身处 means

1. in (some place)
2. to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc)
3. to find oneself in
4. placed in
5. surrounded by

The characters in 身处

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 处chǔto reside; to live; to dwell

Example sentences

• 我们身处核能时代。
  Wǒmen shēnchǔ hénéng shídài.
  We are in the era of atomic energy.
• 有时候，我感觉自己身处迷雾之中，不知该去往何方。
  At times, I felt like I was living in a fog, unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Words containing 身处

• 设身处地shè shēn chǔ dìto put oneself in sb else's shoes
• 立身处世lì shēn chǔ shì(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
• 藏身处cáng shēn chùhiding place; hideout; shelter
• 蔽身处bì shēn chùshelter