亲 身

qīnshēn

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Personally” in Chinese is 亲身 (qīnshēn).

Meaning

personally; oneself
(of experience) first-hand

Example

从别人的错误中学习，因为你无法所有事都亲身经历一次。

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qīnHSK 39 strokesparent shēnHSK 17 strokesbody

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