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Context: a martial arts master is talking (offensively, I think) about one of
his students:

> たばこを栽培する山から降りて来たサルですよ。うちの武術学校にスカウトされたからと **身分をわきまえず** 李【り】と組んで演武を狂わす厄介者なんです。

What is the meaning of 身分をわきまえず? I found on Kenkyusha dictionary the following
example:

> 身分をわきまえる know one's place

but I don't think it fits the context. Maybe here it simply means "without
discriminating him for his social position"?
[Here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4srch.jpg) you can see the whole page. Thank
you for your help!
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translation meaning verbs
Meaning of 身分をわきまえず
> 「うちの武術学校{ぶじゅつがっこう}にスカウトされたからと **身分{みぶん}をわきまえず** ​李
> {り}​と組{く}んで演武{えんぶ}を狂{くる}わす厄介者{やっかいもの}なんです。」

To use punctuations for you, which manga will never do:

> 「うちの武術学校にスカウトされたからと、 **身分をわきまえず** ​（、）李​と組んで演武を狂わす厄介者なんです。」

「身分をわきまえ **ず​** 」＝「身分をわきまえ **ないで** 」

The part of your question that worries me the most is where you said:

> "Maybe here it simply means "without discriminating him for his social
> position"? "

which suggests that you are not reading the grammar of this sentence properly.

The person who does the 「身分をわきまえ **ず** 」 is the "new monkey guy" himself. It
is not something another person is doing to him. Are you following me? No one
is discriminating against someone else here.

「身分をわきまえ **ず** 」, in this context, means " ** _not knowing his limits_** ", "
** _overreaching himself_** ", etc. In other words, the definition that you
found in the dictionary is valid -- "not knowing one's place". 「ず」 is negative
if anyone is unfamiliar with it.

My own quick TL:

> "Just because he was scouted by our martial arts school, he is a nuisanse
> who overreaches himself by teaming up with Lee and ends up disturbing the
> performances."
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