动 身

dòngshēn

“To go on a journey” in Chinese is 动身 (dòngshēn).

Meaning

to go on a journey
to leave

Example

全家人动身踏上旅程。

The whole family set off on the trip.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dòngHSK 16 strokes(of sth) to move shēnHSK 17 strokesbody

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