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亲生

qīnshēng

biological; one's own by birth

A parent gently cradles a swaddled newborn
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Characters in this word

亲 qīn

Strokes
9
Radical
立 — to stand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

生 shēng

Strokes
5
Radical
生 — life, lifetime
Made of
𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 生

Example phrases

  • 她直到成年后才得知自己并非父母亲生的孩子。 Tā zhídào chéngnián hòu cái dézhī zìjǐ bìngfēi fùmǔ qīnshēng de háizi. Only after reaching adulthood did she learn that she was not her parents' biological child.
  • 无论是不是亲生父母,真心爱你的人就是家人。 Wúlùn shì bù shì qīnshēng fùmǔ, zhēnxīn ài nǐ de rén jiùshì jiārén. Whether or not they are biological parents, people who truly love you are family.
  • 养父母把他带大,比亲生父母还要亲。 Yǎng fùmǔ bǎ tā dài dà, bǐ qīnshēng fùmǔ hái yào qīn. The adoptive parents who raised him are even closer to him than biological parents.

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