一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 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) 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct 辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 蝙蝠 biān fú (zoology) bat syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 蚯蚓 qiū yǐn (zoology) earthworm syn 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 海豹 hǎi bào (zoology) seal 鼹鼠 鼴鼠 yǎn shǔ mole (zoology) syn 螨虫 蟎蟲 mǎn chóng mite (zoology) 动物学 動物學 dòng wù xué zoological / zoology 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 幼崽 yòu zǎi (zoology) the young / immature offspring 介壳 介殼 jiè qiào (zoology) shell syn 蛞蝓 kuò yú (zoology) slug 须子 鬚子 xū zi feelers (zoology) / tassel (botany) syn 鼬 yòu (zoology) weasel 蜱 pí tick (zoology) syn 鲹 鰺 shēn carangid (zoology) 狨 róng marmoset (zoology) 泄殖腔 洩殖腔 xiè zhí qiāng (zoology) cloaca / cloacal cavity 叶口蝠科 葉口蝠科 yè kǒu fú kē (zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) 伶鼬 líng yòu weasel / Mustela nivalis (zoology) 倍足纲 倍足綱 bèi zú gāng Diplopoda (zoology) 偶蹄 ǒu tí artiodactyl (zoology) 小蠹 xiǎo dù bark beetle (zoology) 山羌 shān qiāng (zoology) Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) / Chinese muntjac 布氏非鲫 布氏非鯽 bù shì fēi jì zebra tilapia / Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology) 树獭 樹獺 shù tǎ (zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 樹懶|树懒[shu4lan3]) 獴科 měng kē Herpestidae (zoology) 精巢 jīng cháo (zoology) spermary / (in higher animals) testicle syn 臀疣 tún yóu monkey's seat pads (zoology) syn 自然史 zì rán shǐ natural history (i.e. botany and zoology) 钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede syn 双壳类 雙殼類 shuāng ké lèi (zoology) bivalve 杂食 雜食 zá shí omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet 青鼬 qīng yòu weasel / Martes flavigula (zoology) 鹞鲼 鷂鱝 yào fèn bonnet skate (zoology) 黄颔蛇 黃頷蛇 huáng hàn shé adder (zoology) 多孔动物门 多孔動物門 duō kǒng dòng wù mén (zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges) 沧龙 滄龍 cāng lóng (zoology) mosasaur 麝猫 麝貓 shè māo civet (zoology) 有袋类 有袋類 yǒu dài lèi (zoology) marsupial 扁虱 biǎn shī tick (zoology) 树懒 樹懶 shù lǎn sloth (zoology) 瞬膜 shùn mó nictitating membrane (zoology) 草爬子 cǎo pá zi tick (zoology) 鼩鼱 qú jīng shrew (zoology) 蓟马 薊馬 jì mǎ (zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera) / thunderbug 凤头鹦鹉 鳳頭鸚鵡 fèng tóu yīng wǔ cockatoo (zoology) 海狸鼠 hǎi lí shǔ (zoology) coypu / nutria syn 麝香猫 麝香貓 shè xiāng māo civet (zoology) 第三眼睑 第三眼瞼 dì sān yǎn jiǎn nictitating membrane (zoology) 僧帽水母 sēng mào shuǐ mǔ (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) 