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暖巢管家

nuǎn cháo guǎn jiādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
Sources & editorial notes

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.

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Original source entry:

暖巢管家 暖巢管家 [nuan3 chao2 guan3 jia1] /housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 暖
    nuǎn

    warm / to warm / variant of 暖[nuǎn], warm

  • 巢
    cháo

    nest

    Cháo

    surname Chao

  • 管
    guǎn

    to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[bǎ] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

    Guǎn

    surname Guan

  • 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]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.