安家落户

安家落戶

ānjiā-luòhù

idiom #55,142

Meanings

1 to make one's home in a place
2 to settle down
3 to put down roots

Characters

to settle; peaceful

to come to rest; to fall

Examples

HSK 4

他来到这座城市工作，后来就在这里安家落户。

Tā láidào zhè zuò chéngshì gōngzuò, hòulái jiù zài zhèlǐ ānjiāluòhù.

He came to this city to work, and later settled down here permanently.

HSK 6

许多野生动物在保护区安家落户。

Xǔduō yěshēng dòngwù zài bǎohùqū ānjiāluòhù.

Many wild animals have settled down in the reserve.

Tips

usage

Implies long-term settlement, not a temporary stay. Works for people, and figuratively for animals, species, or even ideas and industries putting down roots.

grammar

Two parallel verb-object phrases: 安家 (settle a household) + 落户 (register residence, 户 being the 户口 household registration). The second half evokes formally registering as a resident.

Stroke Order

安 ān

家 jiā

落 luò

户 hù