粵

置zi3身san1

zi3 san1zhi4shen1zhì shēn

English

  1. to place oneself; to be (in a place or situation)
  2. (preposition) 1. At (a place); 2. In (a situation, place etc.)
  3. to place oneself; to be in

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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