家眷 (jiā juàn) — wife and children; family dependents (formal/literary)

Definition

Literary/formal word for 'one's family dependents' — wife and children, or the household one supports. Strongly literary register, so in modern speech 家人 or 家属 fits better.

noun
wife and childrenfamily dependents (formal/literary)

Beispiele

  • 家眷
    Tā dài zhe jiā juàn lí kāi le jiā xiāng.
    He left his hometown with his family dependents.
  • 家眷
    Zhè wèi guān yuán de jiā juàn dōu zhù zài dà fáng zi lǐ.
    This official's family all live in a large house.
  • 家眷
    Zhàn zhēng zhōng, tā shī qù le suǒ yǒu de jiā juàn.
    During the war, he lost all his family dependents.

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