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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

家常便饭 [jiāchángbiànfàn]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] homely food; simple meal
    在这儿吃午饭吧，家常便饭。
    How about staying for lunch? Just potluck.
    家常便饭，不成敬意。
  2. 2. [Chinese idiom] common occurrence; routine; all in the day's work
    搬家对勘探队员来说，简直是家常便饭。
    To the members of a prospecting team, moving from place to place is all in the day's work.
    跌倒对于一个滑冰运动员来说，真是家常便饭。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

家常便饭 [jiāchángbiànfàn]
  1. 1. 家庭日常吃的普通饭食。
  2. 2. 比喻极其平常的事情。
See more results for 家常便饭 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

在这儿吃午饭吧，家常便饭。
How about staying for lunch? Just potluck. → 家常便饭
搬家对勘探队员来说，简直是家常便饭。
To the members of a prospecting team, moving from place to place is all in the day's work. → 家常便饭
家常便饭，不成敬意。 → 家常便饭
跌倒对于一个滑冰运动员来说，真是家常便饭。 → 家常便饭
考试对高三学生来说简直是家常便饭。 → 考试
家常便饭。 → 便饭
a neighbor invited in to take potluck
请邻居来吃家常便饭 → potluck

Word Decomposition

家
[jiā] 		+ 常
[cháng] 		+ 便
[biàn] 		+ 饭
[fàn]

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