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士族
shì zú
What 士族 means
- land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties {魏晋南北朝|Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo}
The characters in 士族
- 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
- 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity
Sounds the same
Read shì zú, tone for tone, but written differently.
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