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在家
zài
jiā
to be at home
(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business
出差
chū
chāi
)
(Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun
出家
chū
jiā
)
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Entry Composition
1
在
zài
to exist; to be alive
(of sb or sth) to be (located) at
(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=2
家
jiā
used in
家伙
jiā
huo
and
家俱
jiā
jù
=2
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
classifier:
個