置身
zi3 san1zhi4shen1zhì shēn
English
- to place oneself; to be (in a place or situation)
- (preposition) 1. At (a place); 2. In (a situation, place etc.)
- to place oneself; to be in
粵語 — Cantonese
- 身處;存在喺一個地方或場合
Examples
人获得自由,究竟意味着什么?难道就是从一个牢笼里巧妙地逃出来,其实只是置身于另一个更大的牢笼。
What does obtaining freedom really mean? It may seem like cleverly escaping out of a cage, but one just ends up in another bigger cage.
Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY
置身事外
to stay out of a matter; literally: to place oneself out of the matter
呢度靚到令人覺得好似置身於電視劇入面咁。
It's so pretty here that you feel like you're in a television drama.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk