世家 shìjiā noun ① （旺族） family holding high office for generations ▸ 名门世家 highly respectable family ② （指有某种专长） family in which a special skill has been handed down from generation to generation ▸ 出身于演员世家 come from a family with a long line of actors ▸ 中医世家 family skilled in traditional Chinese medicine |