身家 (shēn jiā) — family background, ancestry, pedigree; personal wealth, net worth
Definition
A single noun that covers two related senses: one's family background/pedigree (身家清白 'of clean family stock') and one's total personal wealth or net worth (身家过亿 'worth over a hundred million').
noun
family backgroundancestrypedigreepersonal wealthnet worth
Examples
- 身家,。Tā de shēn jiā hěn pǔ tōng, dàn tā kào zì jǐ de nǔ lì qǔ dé le chéng gōng.His family background is ordinary, but he achieved success through his own efforts.
- ,身家。Jīng guò èr shí nián de dǎ pīn, tā jī lěi le fēng hòu de shēn jiā.After twenty years of hard work, he has accumulated considerable wealth.
- 身家,。Zhè wèi qǐ yè jiā shēn jiā guò yì, dàn shēng huó fēi cháng dī diào.This entrepreneur is worth over a hundred million, but lives very modestly.
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