分身 (fan1 san1 | fen1 shen1) : doppelganger; to find time

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分身

fan1 san1

fen1 shen1

[1] doppelganger; doppelgänger -- a person's double [2] to spare time away from one's main activity [3][internet term] a sockpuppet (usu. 假分身) -- an internet account which was created in forums or comments for the purpose of falsely appearing as an outside supporter of a person or organisation when in fact it may be the same person/organisation himself/themselves.

Use of [2] is usually used in the negative, as in "don't have time to spare" 不可分身

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Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

分身

This word has been viewed 1700 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 2nd Nov 2012 12:08 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2012 12:42

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分 fan1 fan6 - divide; distribute; distinguish; point
身 san1 - body; life; oneself

2 compounds containing this word:

分身不暇 - too many things for one to attend to simultaneously
分身乏術 - unable to cope with too many things at the same time

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