Chinese word dictionary

成家立业

chéngjiā-lìyè · to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself

Practice word

Word information

Simplified成家立业

Traditional成家立業

Pinyinchéngjiā-lìyè

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

成chéng

to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed

家jiā

home; family

立lì

to stand; to establish, to set up

业yè

business, profession; to study, to work

How to learn 成家立业

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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everyone; influential family; great expert

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family member; (old) servant

搬家bānjiā

to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)

变成biànchéng

to change into; to turn into; to become

成绩chéngjì

achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]