家居
jiā jū
Pinyin

Definition

家居
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jiā jū
  1. home
  2. residence
  3. to stay at home (unemployed)

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
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)

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

其实还是那句话，只要处理得好，什么颜色都漂亮。而且现在家居设计也讲究多元化，最近我手头的好几套房子都采用了这种设计，效果都挺不错的。依我看，你太太喜欢的颜色可以放在卧室里，你喜欢白的就用在书房里好了。
qíshí hái shì nà jù huà ，zhǐyào chǔlǐ de hǎo ，shénme yánsè dōu piàoliang 。érqiě xiànzài jiājū shèjì yě jiǎngjiu duōyuánhuà ，zuìjìn wǒ shǒutóu de hǎojǐ tào fángzi dōu cǎiyòng le zhè zhǒng shèjì ，xiàoguǒ dōu tǐng bùcuò de 。yī wǒ kàn ，nǐ tàitai xǐhuan de yánsè kěyǐ fàng zài wòshì lǐ ，nǐ xǐhuan bái de jiù yòng zài shūfáng lǐ hǎo le 。
Actually, I stand by that old chestnut: as long as you do it right, any color scheme can be pretty. And these days interior designers are really getting into pluralism. Recently I've handled several houses that had that kind of design and the results were all really good. I think the colors your wife likes would be good in the bedroom, and the colors you like would be good for a study.
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