to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths)
trad. 陳屍
Also written 陳屍【chén shī】
Characters in this word
2陈
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surname Chen, Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state, Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
- Pinyin
- Chén
- Traditional
- 陳
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6493 of 2500
尸
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(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies), (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution), variant of 屍|尸[shi1]
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 11143 of 2500