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Definition(s) for: 当家作主

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
当家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ - to be in charge in one's own house (idiom)
- to be the master of one's own affairs

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 48,222 28,554 45,923

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
当 dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
当 dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
当 dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
家 jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
家 jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
作 zuō- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
作 zuò- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works
主 zhǔ- owner
- master
- host
- individual or party concerned
- God
- Lord
- main
- to indicate or signify
- trump card (in card games)

Other Words Containing 当家作主

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
当家作主 - - 48,222 28,554 45,923