过家家 (過家家)
guò jiā jiā
Pinyin

Definition

过家家 (過家家)
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guò jiā jiā
  1. to play house

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

我小时候就好多了。男孩子有玩具枪、小汽车，我们女孩子有很多洋娃娃。整天都玩过家家的游戏，假装自己是娃娃的妈妈。
wǒ xiǎoshíhou jiù hǎo duō le 。nánháizi yǒu wánjùqiāng 、xiǎoqìchē ，wǒmen nǚháizi yǒu hěn duō yángwáwa 。zhěngtiān dōu wán guòjiājiā de yóuxì ，jiǎzhuāng zìjǐ shì wáwa de māma 。
When I was little it was a lot better. Boys had toy guns and toy cars, and we girls had lots of dolls. We'd play house all day, pretending we were the dolls' mothers.
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