全身
Chinese
all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
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trad. (全身) | 全 | 身 | |
simp. #(全身) | 全 | 身 |
Pronunciation
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Verb
全身
- (literary) to keep one's own body intact; to keep oneself alive; to save one's own skin
- 全身而退 ― quánshēn'értuì ― to withdraw, disengage, or resign for the sake of one's life
- 悼惠王曰:「得全身而已,何敢愛城哉!」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1st century BCE, Liu Xiang, Xin Xu (《新序》, "New Stories", or "New Prefaces")
- Dàohuì Wáng yuē: “Dé quánshēn éryǐ, hégǎn ài chéng zāi!” [Pinyin]
- Prince Daohui of Qi said: "I seek nothing but saving my own life. How dare I begrudge a few towns in my fief!"
悼惠王曰:「得全身而已,何敢爱城哉!」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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全 | 身 |
ぜん Grade: 3 |
しん Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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