新 娘 xīn niáng bride 新 妇 xīn fù bride / (dialect) daughter-in-law 新 嫁 娘 xīn jià niáng bride 亲 parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear 新 人 xīn rén newcomer / fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens 迎 娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) 迎 亲 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 / to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 小 媳 妇 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 拜 堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地 彩 礼 cǎi lǐ betrothal gift / bride price 抢 亲 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping 拜 天 地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 交 杯 酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 童 养 媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law 回 门 huí mén first return of bride to her parental home 冥 婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 财 礼 cái lǐ betrothal gift / bride price 媵 maid escorting bride to new home / concubine 赔 了 夫 人 又 折 兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 傧 相 bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding 问 名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family 喜 车 xǐ chē wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride 童 养 媳 妇 tóng yǎng xí fù child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law 送 礼 会 sòng lǐ huì shower (for bride, baby etc) 共 妻 bride sharing 抵 债 新 娘 loan bride 邮 购 新 娘 mail order bride 抢 婚 qiǎng hūn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping
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