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What does 家常 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

家常 jiācháng

home-style; homemade

It can also mean

  • daily life of a family

Its characters

  1. 家 jiā home
  2. 常 cháng often

In a sentence

这道菜的味道很家常。 This dish tastes very home-style.

沈禾猜,讲的无非是些家常:菜园里的辣椒红了,邻居家的狗生了一窝小狗,天气要变冷了。

From 六十秒 · Sixty Seconds: a Chinese short story

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