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distant relative

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

yuan3fang2qin1qi1 yuǎnfángqīnqī

Alternative Pinyin

yuan3fang2qin1qi5 yuǎnfángqīnqi

Meaning


Primary

distant relative

Alternatives

distant relatives

Mnemonic


A 遠房親戚 distant relative is a 親 relative, any 戚 relative, whose 房 house literally or figuratively is 遠 distant from your own.

Usage


他 是 我 的 遠房親戚。

He is my distant relative.

我們 很 少 見 那些 遠房親戚。

We rarely see those distant relatives.

這 位 遠房親戚 來自 台中。

This distant relative is from Taichung.

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