发家 (發家)
fā jiā
Pinyin

Definition

发家 (發家)
 - 
fā jiā
  1. to lay down a family fortune
  2. to get rich
  3. to become prosperous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

家
jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
人家
rén jiā
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 dwelling
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 sb else's house
  5. 5 household business
  6. 6 house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. 7 classifier: 户 hù
  8. 8 classifier: 家 jiā

Idioms (20)

不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)

Sample Sentences

只种几亩地恐怕不够养家糊口发家致富吧？要不然哪来的那么多农民工？青壮年都出去打工，把老婆孩子放在老家留守，谁愿意啊？
zhǐ zhòng jǐ mǔ dì kǒngpà bùgòu yǎngjiāhúkǒu fājiāzhìfù ba ？yàoburán nǎ lái de nàme duō nóngmíngōng ？qīngzhuàngnián dōu chūqù dǎgōng ，bǎ lǎopó háizi fàng zài lǎojiā liúshǒu ，shéi yuànyì a ？
Don't you think people worry that they won't be able to feed their families or save money just by cultivating a few mu of land? Otherwise, why would there be so many migrant workers? They go out to work in the prime of their youths and leave their wife and children at home to take care of things. Who would choose that?
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