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行屍走肉

简行尸走肉 · 繁行屍走肉

Mandarin · pinyin xíng shī zǒu ròu

walking corpse (idiom)
zombie
person who lives only on the material level

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
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走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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2–1–3–4 · xing2 shi1 zou3 rou4

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hang4 si1 zau2 juk6

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phrase

(literal) walking corpse; walking dead; zombie
(figurative) layabout; idler; person who lives only on the material level

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