四體

四體

1. (formal) four limbs of a human; arms and legs

   Synonym: 四肢 (sìzhī)

   • 次日僧來，設壇作法。鄰人共觀之，乙亦雜處其中。忽變色急奔，狀如被捉；至門外，踣地化為狐，四體猶著人衣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     次日僧来，设坛作法。邻人共观之，乙亦杂处其中。忽变色急奔，状如被捉；至门外，踣地化为狐，四体犹着人衣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1740 CE, Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

     Cìrì sēng lái, shè tán zuòfǎ. Línrén gòng guān zhī, Yǐ yì záchǔ qízhōng. Hū biànsè jí bēn, zhuàng rú bèi zhuō; zhì ménwài, bódì huàwéi hú, sìtǐ yóu zhuó rén yī. [Pinyin]

     The following day the priest himself came, and, arranging an altar, proceeded to exorcise the fox. All the villagers crowded round to see, and among others was the spirit-merchant, who, in the middle of the ceremony, suddenly changed colour, and hurried out of the front door, where he fell on the ground in the shape of a fox, having his clothes still hanging about his arms and legs.