"人家" • Chinese-English Dictionary
Results for 人家 | ||||
| 人家 | rén jia | other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") |   | |
| 人家 | rén jiā | household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] | | |
Results beginning with 人家 | ||||
| 人家牵驴你拔橛 | rén jiā qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué | see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5] | | |
Approximate Results for 人家 | ||||
| 老人家 | lǎo rén jiā | polite term for old woman or man | | |
| 女人家 | nu:3 rén jia | women (in general) | | |
| 男人家 | nán rén jia | a man (rather than a woman) | | |
| 做人家 | zuò rén jiā | thrifty / economical | | |
| 妇道人家 | fù dao rén jia | woman (derog.) | | |
| 官宦人家 | guān huàn rén jiā | family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) | | |
| 走自己的路，让人家去说 | zǒu zì jǐ de lù , ràng rén jiā qù shuō | Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way. | | |
| 囚犯和失踪撒哈拉人家属协会 | Association of Families of Prisoners and Disappeared Saharans | | ||
| 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短 | chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted | | |
