"Families" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
 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:個|个[ge4]
 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together
 zàn group of 100 families / place name
 zàn group of 100 families / place name
 xīng miè jì jué lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
 gōng shì office (room) / ruling families during Spring and Autumn period
 juàn qū married quarters / residential quarters for men with families
 jiù jiā notable former families
  Association of Families of Prisoners and Disappeared Saharans
  Forum on Children and Families
  International Study Center for Children and Families
  International Seminar on Integrating Families in Social Progress and Development
  Association for Assistance to Families with Disabled Children
  Association of United Families International
  Interregional Seminar on Statistics and Indicators on the Social Situation of Families
  Matrix of Best Practices for Strengthening Families and Combating Poverty
  International Day of Families
  Working Group on Advocacy and Support for Families Affected by AIDS
  Statistical Chart on World Families
  carbon families
  expert consultation on violence in families
  Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance
  Expert Group Meeting on the Welfare of Migrant Workers and their Families
"家"国  International Conference on Families Across Frontiers
  international conference on families
 huán xiāng nu:3 (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
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