宜家
Yí jiā
Pinyin

Definition

宜家
 - 
Yí jiā
  1. IKEA, Swedish furniture retailer

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

张灯结彩庆新婚，一拜天地再高堂，宜室宜家满庭芳，从此白首享齐眉。
zhāngdēngjiécǎi qìng xīnhūn ，yī bài tiāndì zài gāotáng ，yíshìyíjiā mǎntíng fāng ，cóngcǐ báishǒu xiǎng qíméi 。
Here we see lanterns and coloured banners to celebrate the newlyweds. First kowtow to the heavens and the earth, then to your parents. We wish you a happy and satisfying life and that you may respect each other from now until you're old and grey.
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宜家的乐趣就是自己装。要不干吗大老远地跑到宜家来买？
Yíjiā de lèqù jiùshì zìjǐ zhuāng 。yàobu gànmá dàlǎoyuǎn de pǎodào Yíjiā lái mǎi ？
The fun of IKEA is building things yourself. Otherwise, why on earth would anyone go so far away to buy something from IKEA?
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宜家家具
Yíjiā jiājù
IKEA furniture
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