biological; birth
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
biological; birth (referring to the parents who gave birth to one)
Used only as an attributive modifier (属性词) before nouns such as 父母. Cannot be used predicatively (e.g., *父母是生身的 is ungrammatical).
Wǒ我
men们
yīng应
gāi该
xiào孝
shùn顺
shēng生
shēn身
fù父
mǔ母
。
We should be filial to our biological parents.
Tā他
suī虽
rán然
bù不
zhī知
dào道
shēng生
shēn身
fù父
mǔ母
shì是
shuí谁
，
dàn但
yǎng养
fù父
mǔ母
duì对
tā他
hěn很
hǎo好
。
Although he doesn't know who his biological parents are, his adoptive parents treat him very well.
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Shēng生
shēn身
zhī之
ēn恩
，
wú无
yǐ以
wéi为
bào报
。
The grace of being given birth to is impossible to repay.