立身

lìshēn
  1. to stand upright (physically)
  2. to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to establish oneself; to develop oneself; to grow
  2. to establish oneself; to develop oneself; to grow

Wiktionary

  1. 站起來，挺起身子。
  2. 建立自身做人處世的基礎。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 立 lì
  1. to stand
  2. to set up
  3. to establish
  4. to lay down
  5. to draw up
  6. at once
  7. immediately
2 身 shēn
  1. body
  2. life
  3. oneself
  4. personally
  5. one's morality and conduct
  6. the main part of a structure or body
  7. pregnant
  8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. Kangxi radical 158

Containing this entry

立身處世 lìshēnchǔshì (idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society

Related entries

㩳 sǒng
  1. (literary) to stand upright
  2. (dialect) to push
  3. to shove
兀立 wùlì to stand upright
挺立 tǐnglì
  1. to stand erect
  2. to stand upright
戳 chuō
  1. to jab
  2. to poke
  3. to stab
  4. (coll.) to sprain
  5. to blunt
  6. to fuck (vulgar)
  7. to stand
  8. to stand (sth) upright
  9. stamp
  10. seal
湯姆用叉子戳我的手臂。

Tom stuck a fork in my arm.

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