家常便饭

jiā cháng biàn fàn

an everyday occurrence

Character by character

家jiā
home

常cháng
ordinary

便biàn
simple

饭fàn
meal

对他来说，加班是家常便饭。

For him, working overtime is an everyday thing.

Tone: neutral.

便 is biàn; literally a simple home meal, figuratively 'nothing unusual'.

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