一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 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 做事 zuò shì to work / to handle matters / to have a job syn 公事 gōng shì work-related matters / documents syn 私事 sī shì personal matters syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 杂碎 雜碎 zá suì offal / mixed entrails / trivial matters syn 谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 事宜 shì yí matters / arrangements syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng (idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 操办 操辦 cāo bàn to arrange matters syn 斤斤计较 斤斤計較 jīn jīn jì jiào to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs syn 目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn 理事 lǐ shì member of council / (literary) to take care of matters 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 务实 務實 wù shí to deal with concrete matters / pragmatic 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 总务 總務 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge syn 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer 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 谋事 謀事 móu shì to plan matters / to look for a job syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 一概而论 一概而論 yī gài ér lùn to lump different matters together (idiom) syn 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 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy 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 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 省事 shěng shì to simplify matters / to save trouble syn 自爆 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself 个人隐私 個人隱私 gè rén yǐn sī personal privacy / private matters 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 侨务 僑務 qiáo wù matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 务虚 務虛 wù xū to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues) 饮鸩止渴 飲鴆止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 琐屑 瑣屑 suǒ xiè trivial matters / petty things syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn 火上浇油 火上澆油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu to pour oil on the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn 干休 gān xiū to let matters rest 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:個|个[ge4] syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 姓氏 xìng shì family name syn 自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 一家子 yī jiā zi the whole family syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 全家福 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery) syn 倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 皇族 huáng zú the imperial family / royal kin syn 家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property syn