夺舍

奪舍

duóshè

verb

Meanings

1 to incarnate into someone else's body (xianxia/cultivation fiction)
2 to seize and possess another body

Characters

to seize; take by force

dwelling; (here) the body as a vessel

Examples

魔头夺舍了一个无辜少年的身体。

Mótóu duóshèle yí gè wúgū shàonián de shēntǐ.

The demon lord seized the body of an innocent youth.

夺舍是修仙小说里常见的情节。

Duóshè shì xiūxiān xiǎoshuō lǐ chángjiàn de qíngjié.

Body-snatching is a common plot device in cultivation novels.

Tips

culture

A staple trope in 玄幻/修仙 (xianxia/cultivation) novels: a dying powerful soul seizes a young, unguarded body to keep living. The term is older — from Tibetan Buddhist 'phowa' transmigration practices — but its mass-culture meaning today is fictional possession.

Stroke Order

夺 duó

舍 shě