岳父
yuè fù
Pinyin

Definition

岳父
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yuè fù
  1. wife's father, father-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
父亲
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
姑父
gū fu
  1. 1 father's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of paternal aunt
  3. 3 uncle
姨父
yí fu
  1. 1 husband of mother's sister
  2. 2 uncle
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
岳父
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
岳阳
Yuè yáng
  1. 1 Yueyang prefecture-level city in Hunan
师父
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
教父
jiào fù
  1. 1 godfather
父
fù
  1. 1 father
父女
fù nu:3
  1. 1 father and daughter
父子
fù zǐ
  1. 1 father and son
父爱
fù ài
  1. 1 paternal love
父母亲
fù mǔ qīn
  1. 1 parents
父老
fù lǎo
  1. 1 elders
神父
shén fu
  1. 1 Christian priest or clergyman
  2. 2 (spiritual) father
舅父
jiù fù
  1. 1 mother's brother
  2. 2 maternal uncle
养父
yǎng fù
  1. 1 foster father
  2. 2 adoptive father
中岳
Zhōng yuè
  1. 1 Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]
五岳
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Huà Shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Héng Shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Héng Shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Sōng Shān] in Henan

Idioms (10)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
张飞打岳飞
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
  1. 1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
  2. 2 fig. an impossible combination
  3. 3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
  1. 1 like father, like son (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. 1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy

Sample Sentences

一开始我也紧张呢，不过我岳父岳母都是特别好的人，他们说，彩礼什么的不重要，最重要的是两个人真心相爱。
yīkāishǐ wǒ yě jǐnzhāng ne ，bùguò wǒ yuèfù yuèmǔ dōu shì tèbié hǎo de rén ，tāmen shuō ，cǎilǐ shénmede bù zhòngyào ，zuì zhòngyào de shì liǎng ge rén zhēnxīn xiāngài 。
At the beginning I was really nervous, but my father and mother-in-law were really nice people. They said, whatever the betrothal gift is isn't important. The most important thing is that you two really love each other.
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其实这个很好理解。对于岳父岳母来说，买房结婚是你对他们女儿表现出来的诚意，是真心实意要跟她过日子的。这样他们心里就踏实了。
qíshí zhè ge hěn hǎo lǐjiě 。duìyú yuèfù yuèmǔ láishuō ，mǎifáng jiéhūn shì nǐ duì tāmen nǚér biǎoxiàn chūlái de chéngyì ，shì zhēnxīnshíyì yào gēn tā guò rìzi de 。zhèyàng tāmen xīnli jiù tāshi le 。
In fact, this is very easy to understand. According to your in-laws, buying a house for their daughter shows your sincerity and that you genuinely want to spend your life with her. This way their minds are at ease.
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老婆的爸爸，就是你的岳父。
lǎopó de bàba ，jiùshì nǐ de yuèfù 。
Your wife's father is your "yue fu."
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拜见岳父岳母大人
bàijiàn yuèfù yuèmǔ dàren
Meet the Parents.
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是啊，周末了，来看看岳父岳母。
shì a ，zhōumò le ，lái kàn kan yuèfù yuèmǔ 。
Yeah. It's the weekend. I'm here to see my wife's parents.
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