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化身
huà shēn
Meaning
- embodiment (of abstract idea)
- incarnation
- personification
Definition
化身，指佛、菩萨为度化众生而显现的各种身形；也比喻抽象观念或事物的具体形象。
Incarnation; a manifestation of a deity in a physical form; also used metaphorically for a concrete embodiment of an abstract idea or thing.
Usage
常用于宗教语境，指神佛显现；也用于日常语境，形容某人或某物是某种特质或概念的典型代表。
Commonly used in religious contexts to refer to the manifestation of deities; also used in everyday contexts to describe someone or something as a typical representative of a certain quality or concept.
Examples
- 1 观音菩萨有三十三化身，以不同形象普度众生。 (Guanyin Bodhisattva has 33 incarnations to save sentient beings in different forms.)
- 2 在小说中，主角被描绘成正义的化身。 (In the novel, the protagonist is portrayed as the embodiment of justice.)
- 3 这个机器人是人工智能技术的化身，代表了最新的科技成果。 (This robot is the incarnation of AI technology, representing the latest scientific achievement.)
- 4 她在这个慈善项目中是爱心和希望的化身。 (She is the incarnation of love and hope in this charity project.)
- 5 传说中，狐狸精可以化为美女的化身迷惑凡人。 (Legend says that fox spirits can incarnate as beautiful women to bewitch mortals.)
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