本家 (běn jiā) — a member of the same clan (same ancestral surname lineage); one's own birth family (as opposed to in-laws or adopted family)
Definition
本家 means one's birth family by blood (vs. in-laws or adoptive family), and by extension the wider clan sharing the same surname and ancestral line.
noun
a member of the same clan (same ancestral surname lineage)one's own birth family (as opposed to in-laws or adopted family)
Examples
- 本家，，。Wǒ men shì běn jiā, dōu xìng lǐ, wǎng shàng shù sān bǎi nián shì yì jiā.We're from the same clan; both surnamed Li, and tracing back three hundred years we're one family.
- 本家。Tā hūn hòu hái jīng cháng huí běn jiā kàn kàn fù mǔ.After marriage she often goes back to her birth family to visit her parents.
- 本家。Zú pǔ lǐ jì zǎi le wǒ men běn jiā de suǒ yǒu zǔ xiān.The genealogy records all our clan's ancestors.
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