家居
jiā jū
Pinyin

Definition

家居
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jiā jū
  1. home
  2. residence
  3. to stay at home (unemployed)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā
  1. 1 see 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo]
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
rén jiā
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 dwelling
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 sb else's house
  5. 5 household business
  6. 6 house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. 7 CL:戶|户[hù],家[jiā]
qǐ yè jiā
  1. 1 entrepreneur
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
jiā huo
  1. 1 variant of 家伙[jiā huo]
yuān jia
  1. 1 enemy
  2. 2 foe
  3. 3 (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
dào jiā
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 excellent
  3. 3 brought to the utmost degree
hé jiā
  1. 1 whole family
  2. 2 entire household
tóng jū
  1. 1 to live together
zá jiā
  1. 1 I
  2. 2 me
  3. 3 my
  4. 4 (often used in early vernacular literature)
shāng jiā
  1. 1 merchant
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 enterprise
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
Mò jiā
  1. 1 Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mò zǐ]
niáng jia
  1. 1 married woman's parents' home
Yí jiā
  1. 1 IKEA, Swedish furniture retailer

Idioms (20)

不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人给家足
rén jǐ jiā zú
  1. 1 lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾家荡产
qīng jiā dàng chǎn
  1. 1 to lose a family fortune (idiom)
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
  1. 1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
  1. 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. 2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
  1. 1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
千家万户
qiān jiā wàn hù
  1. 1 every family (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
丧家之犬
sàng jiā zhī quǎn
  1. 1 stray dog (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
国家兴亡,匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)

Sample Sentences

其实还是那句话,只要处理得好,什么颜色都漂亮。而且现在家居设计也讲究多元化,最近我手头的好几套房子都采用了这种设计,效果都挺不错的。依我看,你太太喜欢的颜色可以放在卧室里,你喜欢白的就用在书房里好了。
qíshí hái shì nà jù huà ,zhǐyào chǔlǐ de hǎo ,shénme yánsè dōu piàoliang 。érqiě xiànzài jiājū shèjì yě jiǎngjiu duōyuánhuà ,zuìjìn wǒ shǒutóu de hǎojǐ tào fángzi dōu cǎiyòng le zhè zhǒng shèjì ,xiàoguǒ dōu tǐng bùcuò de 。yī wǒ kàn ,nǐ tàitai xǐhuan de yánsè kěyǐ fàng zài wòshì lǐ ,nǐ xǐhuan bái de jiù yòng zài shūfáng lǐ hǎo le 。
Actually, I stand by that old chestnut: as long as you do it right, any color scheme can be pretty. And these days interior designers are really getting into pluralism. Recently I've handled several houses that had that kind of design and the results were all really good. I think the colors your wife likes would be good in the bedroom, and the colors you like would be good for a study.