替身 (tai3 san1 | ti4 shen1) : scapegoat, stand-in, substitute, body double for films

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替身

tai3 san1

ti4 shen1

scapegoat, stand-in, substitute, body double for films

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

替身

This word has been viewed 2462 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Sep 2005 15:54 and last edited on 25th Feb 2009 19:57

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替 tai3 - replace; substitute
身 san1 - body; life; oneself

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李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

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