安家落户

安家落戶

ānjiāluòhù

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

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.

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