婚 姻 hūn yīn matrimony / wedding / marriage / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] 婚 礼 hūn lǐ wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3] 婚 事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] 喜 事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding 婚 典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 婚 to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife 婚 纱 hūn shā wedding dress / CL:身[shen1] 婚 庆 hūn qìng wedding celebration 婚 宴 hūn yàn wedding reception 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) 初 夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 婚 约 hūn yuē engagement / wedding contract 婚 纱 摄 影 hūn shā shè yǐng wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio) 婚 期 hūn qī wedding day 喜 酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast 佳 期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst 喜 宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet 喜 帖 xǐ tiě wedding invitation 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 结 婚 纪 念 日 jié hūn jì niàn rì wedding anniversary 盈 门 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 证 婚 人 zhèng hūn rén wedding witness 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 吹 鼓 手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster 喜 筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast 银 婚 yín hūn silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary) 纸 婚 zhǐ hūn paper wedding (first wedding anniversary) 洞 房 花 烛 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom) 男 婚 女 嫁 nán hūn nu:3 jià to celebrate a wedding 傧 相 bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding 交 拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony 喜 车 xǐ chē wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride 因 孕 而 婚 yīn yùn ér hūn shotgun wedding (idiom) 婚 筵 hūn yán wedding reception 洞 房 花 烛 夜 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night 举 行 婚 礼 jǔ xíng hūn lǐ to celebrate a wedding 锡 婚 xī hūn tin anniversary / aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary) 闪 电 式 结 婚 shǎn diàn shì jié hūn lightning wedding / to get married on the spur of the moment / abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚 红 色 炸 弹 hóng sè zhà dàn (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift) 裸 婚 luǒ hūn lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon 头 纱 tóu shā wedding veil / gauze headscarf or veil 份 子 钱 fèn zi qián gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc) 改 口 费 gǎi kǒu fèi a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law 贺 客 hè kè guest (to a wedding etc) 拼 婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
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