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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