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在家

zai4 jia1

• to be at home
• (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1])
• (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])

在家千日好，出门一时难

繁体：在家千日好，出門一時難

zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 , chu1 men2 yi1 shi2 nan2

• lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
• fig. there's no place like home

在家靠父母，出外靠朋友

zai4 jia1 kao4 fu4 mu3 , chu1 wai4 kao4 peng2 you5

• one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

在家靠父母，出门靠朋友

繁体：在家靠父母，出門靠朋友

zai4 jia1 kao4 fu4 mu3 , chu1 men2 kao4 peng2 you5

• one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)