行尸走肉 meaning in English

xíngshīzǒuròu

walking corpse (idiom); zombie

Traditional 行屍走肉22 strokes

Meaning of 行尸走肉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xíngshīzǒuròu
  1. walking corpse (idiom)
  2. zombie
  3. person who lives only on the material level

行尸走肉 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā已yǐ形xíng同tóng行háng尸shī走zǒu肉ròu。
He is as good as dead.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes

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尸 shī · body · 3 strokes

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走 zǒu · to walk · 7 strokes

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肉 ròu · meat · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 行尸走肉.

走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
进行jìnxíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
行为xíngwéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
银行yínhángbank
旅行lǚxíngto travel; journey; trip
走进zǒujìnto enter; to step into
举行jǔxíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike

Questions about 行尸走肉

What does 行尸走肉 mean?

行尸走肉 (xíngshīzǒuròu) means "walking corpse (idiom); zombie".

How do you write 行尸走肉?

行尸走肉 is made of 4 characters: 行 (6 strokes), 尸 (3 strokes), 走 (7 strokes), 肉 (6 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

How is 行尸走肉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 行尸走肉 is written 行屍走肉.