身在

shēnzài

to be located in (a place)

Wiktionary

Examples

我們身在原子能時代。

We are in the era of atomic energy.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 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
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Containing this entry

身在曹營心在漢 shēnzài Cáoyíngxīnzài Hàn
  1. live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
  2. to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
身在福中不知福 shēnzàifúzhōngbùzhīfú to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off