shēnshòu

身受

Word · Verb

personally experience; personally suffer

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to personally experience; to personally undergo (especially hardship or benefit)

Emphasizes direct, personal experience of a situation, often used in formal or written contexts regarding suffering, harm, or benefits. Frequently appears in set phrases.

Wǒ我
duì对
nǐ你
de的
tòng痛
kǔ苦
gǎn感
tóng同
shēn身
shòu受
 。

I feel your pain as if it were happening to me.

Zhè这
ge个
dì地
qū区
de的
jū居
mín民
shēn身
shòu受
qí其
hài害
 。

The residents of this area personally suffered the harm.

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Tā他
zài在
shì事
gù故
zhōng中
shēn身
shòu受
zhòng重
shāng伤
 。

He was seriously injured in the accident.

Zhǐ只
yǒu有
shēn身
shòu受
qí其
kǔ苦
 ,
cái才
néng能
zhēn真
zhèng正
lǐ理
jiě解
 。

Only by personally experiencing the suffering can one truly understand.