家書

家书
jiāshū
see 家信 jiāxìn

CEDICT

letter to or from one's family or home

Wiktionary

家屬來往的書信。唐．杜甫〈春望〉詩：「烽火連三月，家書抵萬金。」《三國演義．第三六回》：「程昱賺得徐母筆跡，乃倣其字體，詐修家書一封。」也作「家信」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 家中所藏的書
  2. 家人來往的書信

維基詞典

Examples

他順道去了這家書店。

He dropped in at the bookstore.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=1 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
2 書 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

Containing this entry

家書抵萬金 jiāshūdǐwànjīn