common expressions about the family
1. immediate family 直系親屬: parents and children
2. siblings 兄弟姐妹(brothers and sisters)
3. extended family 大家庭(幾代同堂的家庭): including relatives – uncles, cousins, great-aunts, etc.
4. family tree 家族樹: to diagram the relationships among your family members.
5. distant relative 遠(yuǎn)親: a person who is related to you by a long series of connections
6. a loving family or a close-knit family 充滿愛的家庭/親密的家庭: a family that has good relationships
7. a carefree childhood 無憂無慮的童年: have nothing to worry about when you were young.
8. dysfunctional family 問題家庭/不正常的家庭: a family in which the relationships are bad or unhealthy
9. troubled childhood 不幸的童年: children experience abuse, poverty, or problems with the law
10. a broken home 破裂的家庭，父母離異(或分居)的家庭: a family in which there are divorces or separations
11. a stable home 穩(wěn)定的家庭 (環(huán)境)
12. custody of the children 孩子的監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)
13. joint custody 共同監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)，共有撫養(yǎng)權(quán)– the ex-husband and ex-wife share the responsibility
14. sole custody 唯一撫養(yǎng)權(quán) to only one parent
15. single mother 單身母親: a woman gets pregnant without being married or in a relationship
16. the due date 到期日，滿期日，預(yù)產(chǎn)期: the time when the baby is planned to arrive
17. give birth to 生(孩子)
18. adoptive parents 養(yǎng)父母
19. adopted child 領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的孩子
20. birth mother (biological mother) 生母
21. start a family 成家 (not begin a family)
22. ex-husband/ex-wife 前夫/前妻
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