For example, people generally think that three generations under one roof has long been the dominant living arrangement in Chinese society. But this is incorrect. There were many periods in Chinese history when small nuclear family households outnumbered extended family households.
比如一般都誤以為三代同堂在中國社會長期扮演著「主流」角色，其實，古代許多時候也是小家庭多於大家庭。