夺舍

奪舍

duóshè

verb

Meanings

1 to incarnate into someone else's body
2 to seize and possess another body

Characters

to seize; take by force

dwelling; (here) the body as a vessel

Examples

HSK 7-9

魔头夺舍了一个无辜少年的身体。

Mótóu duóshè le yígè wúgū shàonián de shēntǐ.

The demon lord seized the body of an innocent youth.

HSK 7-9

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