MEANING/意义
    身上
      
  • shēn shang
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    on one's body; (have sth.)  at hand; (carry sth.)  with one
    Type noun/名词  
        
    Topics  Grammar , TVOC
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 游子身上衣
      
      
    yóu zǐ shēn shàng yī
      
    sound for pinyin
    A gown for a parting son is made (verse from the Tang poem “Song of the Parting Son“, see 游子吟) 

  • 她身上有股侠气。
      
      
    tā shēn shang yóu gǔ xiá qì
      
    sound for pinyin
    She has an air of chivalry about her.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 浑身上下
      
    hún shēn shàng xià
      
    sound for pinyin
    all over; from head to toe

  • 全身上下
      
    quán shēn shàng xià
      
    sound for pinyin
    from head to toe; all over one's body

  • 羊毛出在羊身上
      
    yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng
      
    sound for pinyin
    the wool still comes from the sheep's back -- the benefit comes from a price that one has paid
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