wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life
trad. 老婆孩子熱炕頭
Also written 老婆孩子熱炕頭【lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou】
Characters in this word
7老
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prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
婆
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(bound form) grandmother, (bound form) matron, (bound form) mother-in-law, (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
- Pinyin
- pó
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 28878 of 2500
孩
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(bound form) child
- Pinyin
- hái
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 48087 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
热
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to warm up, to heat up, hot (of weather), heat, fervent
- Pinyin
- rè
- Traditional
- 熱
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1580 of 2500
炕
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old variant of 炕[kang4]
- Pinyin
- kàng
- Traditional
- 匟
- Strokes
- 8
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500