家常便饭

家常便飯
jiāchángbiànfàn
idiom #15,879

Meanings

  1. 1 simple home-style meal
  2. 2 common occurrence
  3. 3 nothing out of the ordinary

Examples

Jiābān duì tā lái shuō shì jiāchángbiànfàn.
Working overtime is nothing out of the ordinary for him.
Zài zhège chéngshì, dǔchē shì jiāchángbiànfàn.
In this city, traffic jams are an everyday occurrence.

Tips

usage
Used figuratively far more than literally. When someone says something is 家常便饭, they mean it happens so often it's unremarkable — like a plain home meal.
grammar
Typically used as a predicate with : 来说家常便饭 (it's an everyday thing for him).

Stroke Order

jiā
cháng
便 biàn
fàn