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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
one's close relatives
HSK 3
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  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
another province (relative to the local one)
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
HSK 7-9
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
kin / kindred / relatives
HSK 6
(coll.) male cousin through a female relative
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
HSK 7-9
distant relatives
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  *父* | 父* | *父
(bound form) father / (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父) / (computing) (bound form) parent-
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage
to take refuge with a rich relative
close and distant (relatives)
relatives and friends
relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
HSK 7-9
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives / blood is thicker than water (idiom)
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
close relative
distant relative
relative position
younger female cousin through a female relative
relative humidity
female cousin through a female relative
a relative / a family member
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  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area
direct descendant / blood relative
male cousin through a female relative
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
relative pronoun
(thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points)
relatives and old friends
(of a relative) distant
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage
(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or grandparents
relatives
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc
orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices
remote relatives (with the same family name)
old friends and relatives
relative / family member / dependent
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
six close relatives, namely: father , mother , older brothers , younger brothers , wife , male children / one's kin
relatives and friends
to visit one's friends and relatives
(idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
relative density
one's capable and virtuous relatives
(literary) close relative (within a clan) / (literary) to maintain harmony among relatives
relatives of the wife (slightly pejorative)
bereavement / to lose a relative
older male cousin through a female relative
help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济)
younger male cousin through a female relative
to visit relatives
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  *戚* | 戚* | *戚
(bound form) relatives; kin / (bound form) grief; sorrow / (old) battle-axe
clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority
to move relative to one another
(Tw) to be in the care of one's relatives / to be dependent on a relative / to draw on family connections
to remember one's parents / to feel homesick for one's relatives
absolute (as opposed to relative) number
(formal) close kin / closest relative
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
relative address (computing)
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
(law) junior relatives; relatives of a younger generation such as children, grandchildren or nephews
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives
(coll.) busybody relative
older female cousin through a female relative
older male cousin through a female relative
used in 出遠門|出远门 / (of a relative) distant
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates
near and distant relatives

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