婚 姻 hūn yīn marriage / matrimony / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] 终 身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage 婚 事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] 亲 事 qīn shì marriage / CL:門|门[men2] 婚 嫁 hūn jià marriage 嫁 娶 jià qǔ marriage 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 婚 to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife 权 宜 婚 姻 quán yí hūn yīn marriage 进 门 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 求 婚 qiú hūn to propose marriage 相 亲 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other 牵 头 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) 姻 缘 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate 联 姻 lián yīn related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units) 大 义 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing 结 婚 证 jié hūn zhèng marriage certificate 婚 姻 法 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law 拆 散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) 大 龄 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) 婚 恋 hūn liàn love and marriage 亲 家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage 提 亲 tí qīn to propose marriage 良 缘 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 门 当 户 对 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match 双 喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 / (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 婚 变 hūn biàn marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup 找 对 象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 逃 婚 táo hūn to flee to avoid an arranged marriage 求 偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court 做 媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) 婚 典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 认 亲 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage 姻 亲 yīn qīn relation by marriage / in-laws 婚 姻 介 绍 所 hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ marriage agency 试 婚 shì hūn trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry 抢 亲 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping 定 亲 dìng qīn to settle a marriage / betrothal 月 下 老 人 yuè xià lǎo rén minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between 圆 房 yuán fáng (of a child bride) to consummate marriage 婚 书 hūn shū (old) marriage contract 冥 婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 举 案 齐 眉 jǔ àn qí méi lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom) / mutual respect in a marriage 朱 诺 Zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage 长 乐 Cháng lè Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2zhou1 Shi4], Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3men2] 包 办 婚 姻 bāo bàn hūn yīn forced marriage / arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) 囍 double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 一 拍 两 散 yī pāi liǎng sàn (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom) / to separate 下 聘 xià pìn to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage 事 实 婚 shì shí hūn common-law marriage / de facto marriage 保 媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) 做 亲 zuò qīn to become related by marriage / to marry 前 世 姻 缘 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) 叔 婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife 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 婚 假 hūn jià marriage leave 婚 姻 调 解 hūn yīn tiáo jiě marriage counseling 对 家 duì jiā partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner 对 亲 duì qīn courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship 悔 婚 huǐ hūn to break a promise of marriage 拖 油 瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 提 婚 tí hūn to propose marriage 提 亲 事 tí qīn shì to propose marriage 破 镜 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce 聘 问 pìn wèn international exchange of visits / to visit as envoy / to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture) 蓝 田 种 玉 lán tián zhòng yù a marriage made in heaven (idiom) 许 亲 xǔ qīn to accept a marriage proposal 赖 婚 lài hūn to go back on a marriage contract / to repudiate an engagement 长 乐 公 主 Cháng lè Gōng zhǔ Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2] 杂 婚 zá hūn mixed marriage 齐 眉 qí méi mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉[ju3 an4 qi2 mei2] 同 性 婚 姻 tóng xìng hūn yīn same-sex marriage 最 低 结 婚 年 龄 zuì dī jié hūn nián líng minimum age for marriage 婚 姻 联 盟 hūn yīn lián méng Alliance for Marriage 童 婚 tóng hūn child marriage 强 迫 婚 姻 qiǎng pò hūn yīn forced marriage 按 性 别 分 列 的 结 婚 率 sex-specific marriage rates 习 惯 法 婚 姻 xí guàn fǎ hūn yīn common-law marriage 自 愿 结 合 zì yuàn jié hé customary marriage 习 俗 婚 姻 xí sú hūn yīn customary marriage 习 惯 婚 姻 xí guàn hūn yīn customary marriage 伴 侣 式 婚 姻 companionate marriage 结 婚 率 marriage rate / nuptiality rate 结 婚 年 龄 age at marriage 二 婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries 抢 婚 qiǎng hūn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping 相 对 象 xiàng duì xiàng to meet a possible marriage partner 净 身 出 户 jìng shēn chū hù to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property) 婚 友 hūn yǒu singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends 孤 鸾 年 gū luán nián inauspicious year for marriage 形 婚 xíng hūn sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻[xing2 shi4 hun1 yin1]) 宁 拆 十 座 庙 ， 不 毁 一 桩 婚 níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) 同 妻 tóng qī (neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay) 闪 离 shǎn lí to get divorced shortly after marriage / to resign shortly after getting employed 失 婚 shī hūn to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement) 情 定 终 身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn (idiom) to pledge eternal love / to exchange marriage vows 同 婚 tóng hūn same-sex marriage / gay marriage 领 证 lǐng zhèng to obtain a certificate or license etc / (esp.) to obtain a marriage certificate / to marry 指 腹 为 婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) 求 亲 qiú qīn to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter) / to seek a marriage alliance 
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