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转身

zhuǎnshēn

to turn around

A person looking back
Memory picture

Characters in this word

转 zhuǎn

Strokes
8
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
车 cart, vehicle 专 concentrated, specialized
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

身 shēn

Strokes
7
Radical
身 — body, torso
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 身

Example phrases

  • 他转身走了。 Tā zhuǎnshēn zǒu le. He turned around and left.
  • 请你转身。 Qǐng nǐ zhuǎnshēn. Please turn around.
  • 她转身看我。 Tā zhuǎnshēn kàn wǒ. She turned around and looked at me.

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