缠身 in English chan2 shen1 Meaning

Meanings

  • (of an illness, debt and so on) to plague somebody
  • to preoccupy somebody
  • difficult to get rid of

Simplified Characters

缠 身

Traditional Characters

纏 身

Pinyin

chan2 shen1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

缠chan2to wind around 身shen1body