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families noun, plural—家庭 n (almost always used) Examples:rich and powerful (families)—"flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything send their children abroad to study—compound with many families living together—lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families—connect by marriage (families, work units)—residential quarters for men with families—(bound form, used in the names of birds of various biological families)—ruling families during Spring and Autumn period—middle-class families pl—classifier for families or businesses e.g. shops, companies—the families are well-matched in terms of social status [idiom.]—Sterculiaceae, family of Malvale trees incl. Cacao, Cola and Firmiana—Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)—woman's orientation her husband's family (traditional Confucian assumption)—seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand)—relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family—word family (cognate words within a given language)—family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring—Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)—white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)—Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)—precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle—family with connections the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)—monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)—Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus—Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)—Lates calcarifer (a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes)—not liable taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc)—marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)—dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)—Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)—looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae—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—Pearson (family name as well as various places)—Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint—family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned—Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)—not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives—fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed—Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))— |