出自

• 拼音: chū zì
• 汉字拆解: 出 = to come out; 自 = pictograph of a nose = self/from

含义

To come from; to originate from; to be from (a source, author, or origin).

Used to indicate the source or origin of something, especially quotes, works, or ideas. More literary than 来自, often used when citing sources or describing origins of cultural items.

例句

1. 这句名言出自孔子的论语。
2. 这幅画出自一位无名画家之手。
3. 他的成功出自多年的刻苦努力。

用法指南

语境: literature, citation, origin

语气: literary

正确说法

• 这个成语出自三国演义。(This idiom comes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.)
• 这个设计出自著名建筑师之手。(This design is from a famous architect.)

错误说法

• 我出自北京 (For where you're from, use 来自 — 出自 is for sources of things, not people's hometowns)

起源与历史

Compound of 出 (to come out) and 自 (from). Literally to come out from.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal