take shelter; find a place to live
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to take shelter; to make one's home; to find a place to live
Often used in negative constructions such as 无处容身 (nowhere to take shelter).
Zài在
zhè这
gè个
chéng城
shì市
，
tā他
jī几
hū乎
wú无
chù处
róng容
shēn身
。
In this city, he can hardly find a place to live.
Zhè这
jiān间
xiǎo小
wū屋
shì是
wǒ我
wéi唯
yī一
de的
róng容
shēn身
zhī之
dì地
。
This small room is my only place of shelter.
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Shī失
qù去
gōng工
zuò作
hòu后
，
tā他
gǎn感
dào到
wú无
chù处
róng容
shēn身
。
After losing his job, he felt there was nowhere for him to go.