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family noun—家 n (almost always used)家庭 n (often used)Examples:skate (cartilaginous fish belonging the family Rajidae)—lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)—Hantavirus (a family deadly rodent-borne viruses) responsible for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome or cardiopulmonary syndrome—magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle—"flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything send their children abroad to study—woman's orientation her husband's family (traditional Confucian assumption)—Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)—Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower—support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family—five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)—Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina)—Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)—precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle—katydid or long-horned grasshopper (family Tettigoniidae)—(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family—Dromaeosauridae (dinosaur family including velociraptor)—lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family)—Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus—Picornaviridae (virus family including many human pathogens)—Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)—Lates calcarifer (a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes)—dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles—Tyrannosauridae, the dinosaur family containing Tyrannosaurus—prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or indicate affection or familiarity—Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera—gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)—auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family—fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)— |