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personally / in person / oneself
HSK 3
one's close relatives
HSK 3
mother / also pr. [mu3 qin5] / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *親* | 親* | *親
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
amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
HSK 3
father / also pr. [fu4 qin5] / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
intimate / close
HSK 4
dear / beloved / darling
HSK 4
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
kin / kindred / relatives
HSK 6
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
intimate / to get close to
HSK 7-9
personal / oneself
HSK 7-9
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home
HSK 7-9
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
HSK 7-9
to go home to visit one's family
HSK 7-9
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
(personal) warmth / approachability / accessibility / (in a product) user friendliness / (chemistry) affinity
HSK 7-9
with one's own ears
close and distant (relatives)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *親* | 親* | *親
parents-in-law of one's offspring
blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other
to propose marriage
to kiss / kiss
Mother's Day
dear one / to kiss / friendly
close relative / near relation
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
cousin (via female line)
to visit in person; to personally attend
both parents
Father's Day
kindly / nice / amiable
marriage / CL: 門|门
to see for oneself / to see with one's own eyes
family-like close relationship (idiom)
to do the job oneself
(idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other
in one's own handwriting
next of kin / closely related
prince
six close relatives, namely: father , mother , older brothers , younger brothers , wife , male children / one's kin
affable / genial
to get married
to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage
to travel to (a place where duty calls)
to act as a matchmaker
to personally experience
to marry
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage
intimate
single parent family
courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
marriage by capture / bride kidnapping
next of kin / immediate dependant
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
arranged betrothal of minors
to settle a marriage / betrothal
closely related by blood
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
to get close to / to get on intimate terms with
kin / blood relation
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
goodwill ambassador
relatives
one's own flesh and blood
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
to attend to everything personally
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
(often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant / to put one's trust in (sb)
to take to the field oneself (of emperor) / to take part in person in an expedition
a distant relative
to visit relatives
Your esteemed parent (honorific)
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
to visit one's parents
to remember one's parents / to feel homesick for one's relatives
to seek to profit by family ties
to become related by marriage / to marry
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
(honorific) your parent
the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom) / to take part personally in an expedition
parent's generation / previous generation
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices
to be enlightened by direct contact with sb
one's capable and virtuous relatives
camaraderie
to accept a marriage proposal
stepfamily / (old) stepmother / to marry

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