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mother / also pr. [mu3 qin5] / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
one's close relatives
HSK 3
intimate / close
HSK 4
amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
HSK 3
dear / beloved / darling
HSK 4
personally / in person / oneself
HSK 3
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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
kin / kindred / relatives
HSK 6
Mother's Day
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
father / also pr. [fu4 qin5] / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
darlings / fans / followers / short form of 親愛的們|亲爱的们
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
(personal) warmth / approachability / accessibility / (in a product) user friendliness / (chemistry) affinity
HSK 7-9
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home
HSK 7-9
to go home to visit one's family
HSK 7-9
affable / genial
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
to kiss / kiss
personal / oneself
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
to connect intimately (with) / amiable / affable
dear one / to kiss / friendly
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
HSK 7-9
surrogate mother
to settle a marriage / betrothal
single parent
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
to visit in person; to personally attend
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
single parent family
to propose marriage
to marry
to attend to everything personally
brotherly kindness
intimate / to get close to
HSK 7-9
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
to take a wife
to propose marriage
(often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant / to put one's trust in (sb)
(of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house
six close relatives, namely: father , mother , older brothers , younger brothers , wife , male children / one's kin
lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
to kiss (on the mouth)
next of kin / closely related
"matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
relation by marriage; in-laws
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
to see for oneself / to see with one's own eyes
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
to travel to (a place where duty calls)
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
relatives of the wife (slightly pejorative)
natural child
to get married
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
to do the job oneself
marriage / CL: 門|门
one's own father / biological father
(coll.) busybody relative
family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children
blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other
friendly neighboring countries / to keep up good relations with neighboring countries
the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
compatibility / affinity (biology)
parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
with one's own ears
to travel to a place personally (idiom)
to visit relatives
to visit one's friends and relatives
relatives and old friends
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
parent's generation / previous generation
People First Party, Taiwan
older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives
the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom) / to take part personally in an expedition
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
phylogenetic relationship
cousin (via female line)
prince
inbreeding
a distant relative
old friends and relatives
to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting
close and distant (relatives)
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage
camaraderie
SS or Schutzstaffel, paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
to seek to profit by family ties
parents
(idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other
relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc

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