掌家 zhǎngjiā

  1. zhǎngjiā noun head of a family
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '掌家', p. 22)
  2. zhǎngjiā noun somebody on charge of an activity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌家' 1)
  3. zhǎngjiā noun a respectful forma address for someone else's servant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌家' 2)

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  • 府掌家 (府掌家) 然後東西兩府掌家執事人丁在廳外行禮 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 18 — count: 2
  • 掌家执事 (掌家執事) 然後東西兩府掌家執事人丁在廳外行禮 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 18 — count: 2