肉身 (ròu shēn) — corporeal body; physical body (as opposed to spirit or soul)

Definition

Examples

• 佛教认为肉身是虚幻的，不应执着。
  Fó jiào rèn wéi ròu shēn shì xū huàn de, bù yīng zhí zhuó.
  Buddhism considers the physical body to be illusory and not to be clung to.
• 他的肉身虽然衰老，但精神依然年轻。
  Tā de ròu shēn suī rán shuāi lǎo, dàn jīng shén yī rán nián qīng.
  Although his physical body is aging, his spirit remains young.
• 小说中主角的肉身在战斗中毁灭了。
  Xiǎo shuō zhōng zhǔ jué de ròu shēn zài zhàn dòu zhōng huǐ miè le.
  In the novel, the protagonist's physical body was destroyed in battle.

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