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Chinese
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flit about; translate; turn over
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body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit |
| trad. (翻身)
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翻
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身
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| simp. #(翻身)
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翻
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身
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Pronunciation
Verb
翻身
- to turn over; to double over
- to turn around
- to stand up
- to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
- (classical Chinese dance) to perform a turning technique in which the dancer keeps the torso tilted while stretching out both arms on a vertical plane, spinning to resemble an electric fan
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
翻身
- (～村) Fanshen (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)