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出身

Mandarin · pinyin chū shēn

to be born of
to come from
family background
class origin

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158

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1–1 · chu1 shen1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceot1 san1

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verb

(literary) to devote oneself (to); to give up one's life (for)
(literary) to become an official; to enter officialdom
to come from (a background of ...); to be descended from

noun

educational or occupational background (of a person)
family background (of a person); birth; social class; class origin; ancestry; stock

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