闲话家常 (閑話家常)
xián huà jiā cháng
Pinyin

Definition

闲话家常 (閑話家常)
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xián huà jiā cháng
  1. to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
fēi cháng
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 very much
  3. 3 unusual
  4. 4 extraordinary

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
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)