ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.the back side of a person
我只看见一个后身,认不清是谁。
I couldn't make out who he was as I only saw his back.
我只看见了他的后身。
I only saw his back.
我一看到后身,便认出是他。
I recognized him as soon as I saw his back.
- 2
n.back of a garment
你大衣的后身有一个小口子。
There's a small tear in the back of your coat.
请把这件大衣的后身放宽一些。
Please make this coat a little full across the back.
synonym
- 3
n.back of a building; back of a house
邮局大楼在我们学院的后身。
The post office building backs on to our college.
- 4
n.(superstition) reincarnation of humans or animals
转世之后,我们的后身会是什么?
After reincarnation, what would us be?
- 5
n.successor (to an organization or a system)
八路军、新四军的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.
这机构是那个旧机构的后身。
This organization succeeded that old one.