Chinese Traditional: 起家
Chinese Simplified: 起家
Pinyin: qi3 jia1
Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
English Meaning: to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency, to build up, to grow and thrive, to make one's fortune, name, etc

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1. to rise, to raise, to get up 2. to start, to initiate (action), to launch 3. since (timing) 4. (a measure word for occurrences or events)

Here: to start, to initiate (action), to launch

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jiā

1. home, residence, house 2. family 3. (a measure word for shops, restaurants, hotels) 4. (suffix indicating specialty of a person) 5. specialist 6. (suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person)

Here: home, residence, house

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