| 三代同堂 |
sān dài tóng táng |
three generations under one roof |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 三代 |
sān dài |
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) |
| 代 |
dài |
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 同 |
tóng |
like / same / similar / together / alike / with |
| 同 |
tòng |
used in 胡同 |
| 同 |
tòng |
used in 胡同 |
| 同堂 |
tóng táng |
to live under the same roof (of different generations) |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |