錫身 (sek3 san1 | (PRC) xi1 shen1; (Taiwan) xi2 shen1) : to take care of one's body

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錫身

sek3 san1

(PRC) xi1 shen1; (Taiwan) xi2 shen1

to take care of one's body, by eating healthy and responsibly and avoiding things that could be harmful to the body

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

錫身 / 锡身

This word has been viewed 2239 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 12th Aug 2009 21:04

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錫 sek3 - tin; cherish; kiss; bestow
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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