亲家
qìng jia
Pinyin

Definition

亲家
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qìng jia
  1. parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law
  2. relatives by marriage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

家
jiā
  1. 1 see 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo]
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
人家
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]
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
家伙
jiā huo
  1. 1 variant of 家伙[jiā huo]
冤家
yuān jia
  1. 1 enemy
  2. 2 foe
  3. 3 (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
到家
dào jiā
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 excellent
  3. 3 brought to the utmost degree
合家
hé jiā
  1. 1 whole family
  2. 2 entire household
咱家
zá jiā
  1. 1 I
  2. 2 me
  3. 3 my
  4. 4 (often used in early vernacular literature)
商家
shāng jiā
  1. 1 merchant
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 enterprise
回老家
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)
国家
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
墨家
Mò jiā
  1. 1 Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mò zǐ]
娘家
niáng jia
  1. 1 married woman's parents' home
宜家
Yí jiā
  1. 1 IKEA, Swedish furniture retailer
家人
jiā rén
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 (one's) family
家具
jiā jù
  1. 1 furniture
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
家务
jiā wù
  1. 1 household duties
  2. 2 housework

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
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)
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home

Sample Sentences

离婚就能解决问题了？离婚了孩子怎么办？单亲家庭的孩子很容易出现心理问题的。
líhūn jiù néng jiějué wèntí le ？líhūn le háizi zěnme bàn ？dānqīn jiātíng de háizi hěn róngyì chūxiàn xīnlǐ wèntí de 。
What problems will getting a divorce solve? What will happen to your child if you get a divorce? The children of single-parent families are very susceptible to psychological problems.
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