家家户户 (jiā jiā hù hù) — each and every family; every household

Definition

A set phrase meaning 'every household (without exception)'. Compare 千家万户 (also 'every family', more literary/large-scale) — 家家户户 is the everyday, spoken phrasing.

noun
each and every familyevery household

Examples

  • 家家户户
    Chūn jié de shí hou, jiā jiā hù hù dōu huì tiē chūn lián.
    During the Spring Festival, every household pastes up spring couplets.
  • 家家户户
    Zhè ge zhèng cè ràng jiā jiā hù hù dōu shòu yì le.
    This policy has benefited every household.
  • 家家户户
    Cūn lǐ jiā jiā hù hù dōu zhǒng le guǒ shù.
    Every family in the village has planted fruit trees.
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