Shan Shen Bu Wiki
Chinese dance moves, explained

Find the move.
Understand the story.

The Chinese name you heard. The movement you remember. The dance behind the video.

Explore the move index
A name is a starting point

闪身步

shǎn shēn bù

A sideways dodge.
A folk-dance step.
A joke in a different setting.

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Three ways into an explanation
01

Recognize the movement

Match a scene or a name to the reference footage. Follow the original platform link when you need more context.

02

Understand the words

Read the Chinese characters, pinyin and natural English meaning. Similar-sounding names can describe different moves.

03

Follow the origin

Separate the dance tradition from the later joke, and a teaching recording from an online reupload.

A note on our explanations

Independent, source-led explanations of Chinese dance moves and their video context. Translation and interpretation are marked; uncertain origins stay uncertain.

How we use sources →