一家大小

Mandarin

Etymology

Literally: one house, big and small

Idiom

一家大小 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī jiā dàxiǎo)

1. the whole family

   s 放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。

   t 放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。

   We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

References

• "一家大小" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-18.

External links

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