養家

养家
yǎngjiā
  1. to support a family
  2. to raise a family

CEDICT

to support one's family

Wiktionary

維持家庭的生計。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 養 yǎng
  1. to raise (animals)
  2. to bring up (children)
  3. to keep (pets)
  4. to support
  5. to give birth
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 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

Containing this entry

養家活口 yǎngjiāhuókǒu to support one's family (idiom)
養家糊口 yǎngjiāhúkǒu (idiom) to provide for one's family