hòu shēn
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  • 1

    n.the back side of a person

    • wǒ zhǐ kàn jiàn yī gè hòu shēn rèn bù qīng shì shuí

      看见后身

      I couldn't make out who he was as I only saw his back.

    • wǒ zhǐ kàn jiàn le tā de hòu shēn

      看见后身

      I only saw his back.

    • wǒ yī kàn dào hòu shēn biàn rèn chū shì tā

      看到后身便认出

      I recognized him as soon as I saw his back.

  • 2

    n.back of a garment

    • nǐ dà yī de hòu shēn yǒu yī gè xiǎo kǒu zi

      大衣后身口子

      There's a small tear in the back of your coat.

    • qǐng bǎ zhè jiàn dà yī de hòu shēn fàng kuān yī xiē

      大衣后身放宽一些

      Please make this coat a little full across the back.

  • 3

    n.back of a building; back of a house

    • yóu jú dà lóu zài wǒ men xué yuàn de hòu shēn

      邮局大楼我们学院后身

      The post office building backs on to our college.

  • 4

    n.(superstition) reincarnation of humans or animals

    • zhuǎn shì zhī hòu wǒ men de hòu shēn huì shì shén me

      转世之后我们后身什么

      After reincarnation, what would us be?

  • 5

    n.successor (to an organization or a system)

    • bā lù jūn xīn sì jūn de hòu shēn jiù shì zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn

      八路军新四军后身就是中国人民解放军

      The Chinese People's Liberation Army is the successor to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

    • zhè jī gòu shì nà ge jiù jī gòu de hòu shēn

      机构那个机构后身

      This organization succeeded that old one.

Chinese words with pinyin hou shen