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世家

shì jiā

2-character word

What 世家 means

1. family influential for generations
2. aristocratic family

The characters in 世家

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 家jiāused in 家伙

Example sentences

• 他在艺术世家长大。
  Tā zài yìshù shìjiā zhǎngdà.
  He was raised in an artistic family.

Sounds the same

Read shì jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

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