xing2
shi1
zou3
rou4
  1. walking corpse (idiom)
  2. zombie
  3. person who lives only on the material level

Characters

  • 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  • 尸 (尸): person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies); to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍|尸[shi1]; corpse
  • 走 (走): to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
  • 肉 (肉): meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130

Resources

Examples

艺术难得要死。如果你在傍晚喝一瓶酒,你会觉得轻而易举。第二天早上,在画布前清醒地看待一切,再次将事物无中生有,感觉完全不同。如果我从早上开始绘画,一天剩下的时间里我都是一具行尸走肉。

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