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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 出身 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

出身 chūshēn

to come from (a background); to start out as

It can also mean

  • family background; class origin

Its characters

  1. 出 chū to go out
  2. 身 shēn body

In a sentence

他从不在意别人的出身。 He never cares about other people's family background.

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