Tā mèngjiàn zìjǐ chìshēnluǒtǐ de zǒu zài dàjiē shàng, xià de xǐng le.
He dreamed he was walking down the street naked and woke up in fright.
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history
From Luo Guanzhong's 《三国演义》 ch. 84 (Ming dynasty): enemy soldiers strip down 赤身裸体 to taunt Liu Bei's camp. The phrase has stayed essentially unchanged for 600 years.
memory
赤 (chì, bare/red) + 身 (shēn, body) and 裸 (luǒ, naked) + 体 (tǐ, body) — two synonymous pairs stacked for emphasis. Together: 'bare-body naked-body', i.e. completely naked.
