家常

jiā cháng

HSK 6

Meaning

家庭日常生活；普通、寻常的事物。

Family daily life; ordinary, common things.

用于形容普通、平凡的事物，如“家常便饭”、“家常菜”；也可用于“聊家常”表示谈论家庭日常生活。

Used to describe ordinary, everyday things, such as 'home-style cooking' or 'common occurrence'; also used in '聊家常' (chat about family life).

1 这家餐馆的家常菜很好吃。 (This restaurant's home-style cooking is delicious.)
2 对于他来说，熬夜是家常便饭。 (Staying up late is a common occurrence for him.)
3 我们坐下来聊聊家常吧。 (Let's sit down and chat about family life.)
4 妈妈做了一桌家常菜，大家都吃得很开心。 (Mom made a table of home-style dishes, and everyone enjoyed eating.)
5 每逢周末，我们一家人都会聚在一起话家常。 (Every weekend, our family gets together to chat about home life.)

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