动身 (dòngshēn) means Begin (leaves). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们明天一早 动身 。
Wǒmen míngtiān yì zǎo dòng shēn.
We set off first thing tomorrow morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动身
动身 之前记得检查证件。
Dòng shēn zhīqián jìde jiǎnchá zhèngjiàn.
Remember to check your documents before you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动身
多运 动身 体就好，反之则容易生病。
Duō yùndòng shēntǐ jiù hǎo, fǎnzhī zé róngyì shēngbìng.
Exercise more and you stay well; otherwise you easily fall ill.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反之
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Questions about 动身
How is 动身 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 动身 (dòngshēn, "Begin (leaves)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 动身 an HSK word?
Yes — 动身 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 动身?
The dictionary page for 动身 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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