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)
Examples
- 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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