一户普通的五口之家
“a typical family of five—”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我就问
“Let me ask this:”
一户普通的五口之家
“a typical family of five—”
“the husband goes out to work every day,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese bureaucratic and social administration, a family of five was considered the standard demographic unit for tax and subsistence calculations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a family of five
A standard formal idiom used to describe an average family unit with five members.