fēn shēn
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  • v.spare time from one's main work

    • tā dàng shí shí zài tài máng nán yǐ fēn shēn

      当时实在难以分身

      He was then too busy to attend to other things.

    • shì wù fán máng wǒ wú fǎ fēn shēn

      事务繁忙无法分身

      I can hardly spare myself from my business here.

    • nán yǐ fēn shēn

      难以分身

      It is difficult to get time off.

    • qǐng nǐ fēn shēn lái yī tàng

      分身

      Please come over when you can get the time.

    • jiù shì yǒu fēn shēn zhī fǎ yě yìng fù bù liǎo

      就是分身应付不了

      Even if one could be in two places at once one still couldn't cope with it all.

Word usage

  • "分" and "身" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 一直探望但是

      I've always wanted to visit him but I could never get the time off.

    • 最近家长不了参加

      I'm too busy recently to attend the parents' meeting.