成家立业
chéngjiālìyè
to marry and establish a career
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他在大城市工作了几年，终于成家立业，安顿了下来。 Tā zài dà chéngshì gōngzuò le jǐ nián, zhōngyú chéngjiā lìyè, āndùn le xiàlai. After working in the big city for a few years, he finally married, built a career and settled down.
- 爸爸常说，年轻人要先成家立业，再考虑别的事情。 Bàba cháng shuō, niánqīngrén yào xiān chéngjiā lìyè, zài kǎolǜ bié de shìqing. Dad often says young people should settle down with a family and a career before thinking about other things.
- 村里的年轻人长大后，大多在外地成家立业。 Cūn lǐ de niánqīngrén zhǎngdà hòu, dàduō zài wàidì chéngjiā lìyè. Most of the village's young people, once grown up, make a family and career elsewhere.
Related words
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 成 chéng to become
- 成绩 chéngjì grades; results
- 成为 chéngwéi to become
- 完成 wánchéng to complete
- 组成 zǔchéng to form; to make up
- 成功 chénggōng success; successful
- 成果 chéngguǒ result; achievement
- 成就 chéngjiù achievement
- 成立 chénglì to be founded
- 成熟 chéngshú mature; ripe
- 成员 chéngyuán member