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出身

chū shēn

HSK 6 2-character word

What 出身 means

to be born of
to come from
family background
class origin

The characters in 出身

出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

我出身贫寒。

Wǒ chūshēn pínhán.

I grew up in a poor family.

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