下半身

xiàbànshēn

noun

Meanings

HSK 4

这张照片只拍到了他的下半身。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn zhǐ pāidào le tā de xiàbànshēn.

This photo only caught his lower half.

HSK 7-9

车祸以后，他的下半身失去了知觉，只能坐轮椅。

Chēhuò yǐhòu, tā de xiàbànshēn shīqù le zhījué, zhǐnéng zuò lúnyǐ.

After the car crash he lost all feeling in his lower body and can only get around in a wheelchair.

Also a coy euphemism for sex: 用下半身思考, 'to think with one's lower half', mocks someone ruled by lust. The opposite is 上半身.

下 xià

半 bàn

身 shēn