Definition

1. Noun:
   • Family property / patrimony: The material assets, estate, or wealth accumulated and passed down within a family.
   • Family profession / hereditary occupation: The trade, craft, or career that is traditionally practiced and inherited from one's ancestors.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đã gây dựng một gia nghiệp vững chắc cho con cháu. (He built a solid family patrimony for his descendants.)
  • Nghề làm gốm là gia nghiệp của dòng họ họ. (Pottery is the hereditary occupation of their clan.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a sense of legacy, duty, and continuity, implying a responsibility to maintain and pass on what one has received.

Variants and Related Words

• Cơ nghiệp (n): estate, foundation of wealth.
• Tổ nghiệp (n): ancestral profession or business.

Synonyms

• Patrimony: property inherited from one's father or ancestor.
• Legacy: something handed down from a predecessor.
• Inheritance: assets received from an ancestor.

Related Idioms

• Giữ gìn gia nghiệp: to preserve the family estate/profession.
  • Người con trai cả có trách nhiệm giữ gìn gia nghiệp. (The eldest son has the responsibility to preserve the family patrimony.)