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家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个
接亲 jiē qīn to go to the bride's home to collect her for the wedding
五台山 Wǔ tái Shān Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)
切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
家常便饭 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
同乡 tóng xiāng person from the same hometown or home region
乘胜追击 chéng shèng zhuī jī to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
秀才不出门,全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
保家卫国 bǎo jiā wèi guó guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
到府服务 dào fǔ fú wù (Tw) to provide a service at the customer's home; to make a house call
四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom) / to feel at home anywhere / to roam about unconstrained / to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
单方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
吃大户 chī dà hù to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual
吃不了兜着走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
五福临门 wǔ fú lín mén lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim


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