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Chinese idioms like 「安家立業」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「安家立業」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

To settle down a family and establish a foundation or career. It also refers to working and living in one place for a long time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ān jiā lì yè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

on1 ga1 lap6 yip6

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