Every man is a potential corpse.
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尸体
Traditional: 屍體
shī tǐ
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shī tǐ · si1 tai2 (Jyutping)
- corpse; dead body
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Character breakdown
尸
- Meaning
- corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44
- Radical
- 尸
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- ⿰丿？
- Cangjie
- S
- Four-corner
- 7720.7
体
- Meaning
- body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻本
- Cangjie
- ODM
- Four-corner
- 2523.0
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Example sentences
This is the room where the body was found.
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