全家福 (quán jiā fú) — family portrait; hodgepodge (platter of mixed ingredients, e.g., in cooking)
Definition
Literally 'whole-family-fortune,' a holiday wish or a family photo taken to mark one. In cooking, it labels a mixed-ingredient platter (the food is also called 福 or 什锦, never 全家).
noun
family portraithodgepodge (platter of mixed ingredients, e.g., in cooking)
Measure word · 张
Examples
- 全家福。Wǒ men měi nián guò nián dōu huì pāi yì zhāng quán jiā fú.We take a family portrait every New Year.
- 全家福，。Jīn tiān cān tīng tuī jiàn de shì quán jiā fú, lǐ miàn yǒu gè zhǒng hǎi xiān hé ròu.Today's restaurant recommendation is the mixed platter, which contains various seafood and meat.
- 全家福。Zhè zhāng quán jiā fú shì wǒ jiā sān dài rén de hé yǐng.This family portrait is a group photo of three generations of my family.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
全 and 家 make whole family, and 福 adds blessing, naming a family portrait or mixed platter.
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