出身
chū shēn
Pinyin

Definition

出身
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chū shēn
  1. to be born of
  2. to come from
  3. family background
  4. class origin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
伸出
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out

Idioms (20)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他倒是三个人里最正规的科班出身。从小习武，拿过好几届全国冠军，功底特别扎实。
tā dàoshì sān gè rén lǐ zuì zhèngguī de kēbānchūshēn 。cóngxiǎo xíwǔ ，ná guò hǎojǐ jiè quánguó guànjūn ，gōngdǐ tèbié zhāshi 。
To this day I remember his movie ''Shaolin Temple." He used his hands, feet, and knives like a true master. But it seems like he's not as influential overseas as Jackie Chan.
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到底是中文系出身，不一样。鲁迅的作品有些还挺深奥难懂的。
dàodǐ shì Zhōngwén xì chūshēn ，bùyīyàng 。Lǔ Xùn de zuòpǐn yǒuxiē hái tǐng shēn ào nándǒng de 。
You have a background in Chinese-- that's different. Some of Lu Hsun's works are really mysterious and hard to understand.
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教师出身的马云则在阿里巴巴内部通过基于“合伙人制度”的分享和传承，培养出一批理想的接班人和中坚力量。
jiàoshī chūshēn de mǎyún zé zài ālǐbābā nèibù tōngguò jīyú “héhuǒrén zhìdù ”de fēnxiǎng hé chuánchéng ，péiyǎng chū yī pī lǐxiǎng de jiēbānrén hé zhōngjiān lìliang 。
Ma Yun who was previously a school teacher, uses a “partner system” of sharing and handing down skills and values, to groom a group of ideal successors within Alibaba.
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