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分身
Mandarin · pinyin fēn shēn
Meanings
- (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time
- a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet)
- to spare some time for a separate task
- to cut a corpse into pieces
- to pull a body apart by the four limbs
- parturition
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1–1 · fen1 shen1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fan1 san1
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verb
- to handle more than one thing at a time; to divide one's attention
noun
- doppelganger; avatar
- (computing) thread; threading
- (Hong Kong, Internet slang) alternate account; sock puppet
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