私家
sī jiā
Pinyin

Definition

私家
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sī jiā
  1. private
  2. privately owned or managed

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

当然外出旅行是大多数人的选择，尤其是现在随着国内经济的不断发展，私家车也越来越多，大家都会在假期的时候选择自驾游出行。
dāngrán wàichū lǚxíng shì dàduōshù rén de xuǎnzé ，yóuqí shì xiànzài suízhe guónèijīngjì de bùduàn fāzhǎn ，sījiāchē yě yuèláiyuèduō ，dàjiā dōu huì zài jiàqī de shíhou xuǎnzé zìjiàyóu chūxíng 。
Of course most people choose to go travelling, especially given that as the domestic economy has continued to develop, there are more and more private cars, so everyone normally chooses to go travelling in their own cars during vacation time.
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肖小姐，我们可是有正规营业执照的公司。这种金字塔制度是连哈佛大学的顶尖营销大师都推崇的，最能激发人的潜能和主观能动性。你想想，一个变两个，两个变四个，四个变八个，你的收入会呈几何级数增长。到时公司会给你派私家车，每年五星级旅游两次，你就能戴上金字塔最顶上的那个皇冠啦！
Xiāo xiǎojie ，wǒmen kěshì yǒu zhèngguī yíngyèzhízhào de gōngsī 。zhèzhǒng Jīnzìtǎ zhìdù shì lián Hāfó Dàxué de dǐngjiān yíngxiāo dàshī dōu tuīchóng de ，zuì néng jīfā rén de qiánnéng hé zhǔguānnéngdòngxìng 。nǐ xiǎng xiang ，yī ge biàn liǎng ge ，liǎng ge biàn sì ge ，sì ge biàn bā ge ，nǐ de shōurù huì chéng jǐhéjíshù zēngzhǎng 。dào shí gōngsī huì gěi nǐ pài sījiāchē ，měinián wǔ xīng jí lǚyóu liǎng cì ，nǐ jiù néng dàishàng Jīnzìtǎ zuì dǐngshàng de nàge huángguān la ！
Miss Xiao, we're a company with a legitimate business license! Even the elite business marketing professors at Harvard University have praised this kind of pyramid structure. It's the best for stimulating people's potential and conscious activity! Think about it, one becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight-- your income will increase geometrically. Eventually, the company will give you a private car, and two five-star trips per year. You'll be able to wear the ''Pyramid Crown!"
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其次就是大力发展公共交通，减少私家车的碳排量，倡导低碳生活。
qícì jiùshì dàlì fāzhǎn gōnggòng jiāotōng ，jiǎnshǎo sījiāchē de tànpáiliàng ，chàngdǎo dītàn shēnghuó 。
Next is to actively develop public transport, to reduce the carbon emissions from private cars and promote low-carbon lives.
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私家侦探的证词说明不了问题。看到丈夫出轨的证据，相信任何人的反应都如出一辙。
sījiā zhēntàn de zhèngcí shuōmíngbùliǎo wèntí 。kàndào zhàngfu chūguǐ de zhèngjù ，xiāngxìn rènhérén de fǎnyìng dōu rúchūyīzhé 。
The private investigator's testimony doesn't prove anything. After seeing evidence of a cheating spouse, anyone's reaction would be just the same.
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没有吗？那你为什么请私家侦探跟踪你丈夫？
méiyǒu ma ？nà nǐ wèishénme qǐng sījiāzhēntàn gēnzōng nǐ zhàngfu ？
Really? Then why did you hire a private detective to track your husband?
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我、我、我有一阵是怀疑过冠伟。但是私家侦探什么也没查出来。
wǒ 、wǒ 、wǒ yǒu yīzhèn shì huáiyí guò Guànwěi 。dànshì sījiāzhēntàn shénme yě méi chá chūlái 。
I, uh, well...there was a period when I mistrusted Guan Wei. But the private detective didn't find anything.
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是这样吗？审判长，现在我要求传唤证人吴忠和，也就是陈瑶请的私家侦探出庭作证。
shì zhèyàng ma ？shěnpànzhǎng ，xiànzài wǒ yāoqiú chuánhuàn zhèngren wúzhōnghé ，yějiùshì Chén Yáo qǐng de sījiāzhēntàn chūtíng zuòzhèng 。
Really? Your Honor, I now subpoena the witness, Wu Zhonghe, to testify in court. He's the private detective that Chen Yao hired.
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是啊，对于上海这样的超大型城市来说，要解决交通问题，还是要靠地下和地面的轨道交通。前几年，我们盲目追求私家车，认为这样出行方便。可是事实证明无止境地增加私家车数量不论给交通还是环境都带来了严重的后果。
shìā ，duìyú Shànghǎi zhèyàngde chāodàxíng chéngshì láishuō ，yào jiějué jiāotōng wèntí ，háishì yào kào dìxià hé dìmiàn de guǐdàojiāotōng 。qián jǐ nián ，wǒmen mángmù zhuīqiú sījiāchē ，rènwéi zhèyàngde chūxíng fāngbiàn 。kěshì shìshí zhèngmíng wúzhǐjìng de zēngjiā sījiāchē shùliàng bùlùn gěi jiāotōng háishì huánjìng dōu dàilái le yánzhòng de hòuguǒ 。
Yes, for a city as huge as Shanghai, to solve the traffic problem you need to rely on underground and aboveground light-rail transportation systems. These past few years, we blindly sought after private owned vehicles, because we felt they were convenient for travel. However the facts bear out that increasing the numbers of privately-owned vehicles to no end, heedless of traffic or the environment, has brought serious consequences.
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那倒是。这几年，私家车发展太快了。道路建设根本赶不上，所以成天堵车。我的好多朋友现在都后悔买车呢，因为现在在路上花的时间反而更多。
nà dàoshì 。zhè jǐ nián ，sījiāchē fāzhǎn tài kuài le 。dàolù jiànshè gēnběn gǎnbushàng ，suǒyǐ chéngtiān dǔchē 。wǒ de hǎo duō péngyou xiànzài dōu hòuhuǐ mǎichē ne ，yīnwèi xiànzài zài lùshang huā de shíjiān fǎnér gèng duō 。
That’s true. These past few years, the number of privately-owned cars has expanded too quickly. Road construction cannot keep up, so there are traffic jams all day long. A lot of my friends regret buying a car, since the time they now spend on the road is actually longer.
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Agh, I get angry just looking at the news. On the one hand they encourage you to buy a car, and on the other hand they call vigorously for stronger environmental awareness. Isn't that a self-contradiction? We've been talking about environmental protection for so many years, and we haven't had a bit of improvement. In fact, the situation gets more serious all the time!
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