化身 – vocab dash

化身huàshēn

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Meanings

1. incarnation

2. reincarnation

3. embodiment (of abstract idea)

4. personification

Characters used

化to change 身body

Examples1

庄子Zhuāngzǐ曾céng梦见mèngjiàn自己zìjǐ化身huàshēn为wéi蝶dié，当dāng他tā醒来xǐnglái，他tā分fēn不清bùqīng是shì自己zìjǐ刚刚gānggang梦见mèngjiàn自己zìjǐ变成biànchéng蝴蝶húdié呢ne，还是háishi蝴蝶húdié正zhèng梦见mèngjiàn它tā变成biànchéng了le庄子Zhuāngzǐ。

Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.