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携家带眷

xié jiā dài juàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3482a22cc98648f7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

攜家帶眷 携家带眷 [xie2 jia1 dai4 juan4] /to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family/tied down by family obligations/

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Other forms in these source records: 攜家帶眷

  • 携
    xié

    to carry / to take along / to bring along / to hold or lead by the hand / also pr. [xī]

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / 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[gè]

  • 带
    dài

    band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiáo] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

  • 眷
    juàn

    (bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children / (literary) to regard with love and affection / to feel concern for / (literary) to regard with love and affection / to feel concern for (variant of 眷[juàn])

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