当家作主

Traditional form:

當家作主

Pinyin (reading):

dāngjiāzuòzhǔ

Definitions:

• to be in charge in one's own house (idiom)
• to be the master of one's own affairs

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord