兄嫂
xiōng sǎo
Pinyin

Definition

兄嫂
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xiōng sǎo
  1. elder brother and his wife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兄弟
xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
仁兄
rén xiōng
  1. 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
兄
xiōng
  1. 1 elder brother
兄妹
xiōng mèi
  1. 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
大嫂
dà sǎo
  1. 1 older brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
  3. 3 elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)
嫂子
sǎo zi
  1. 1 (coll.) older brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
师兄
shī xiōng
  1. 1 senior male fellow student or apprentice
  2. 2 son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
兄嫂
xiōng sǎo
  1. 1 elder brother and his wife
兄弟会
xiōng dì huì
  1. 1 fraternity
兄台
xiōng tái
  1. 1 brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
兄长
xiōng zhǎng
  1. 1 elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for a man of about the same age
堂兄
táng xiōng
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin
堂兄弟
táng xiōng dì
  1. 1 father's brother's sons
  2. 2 paternal male cousin
堂嫂
táng sǎo
  1. 1 wife of older male cousin via male line
嫂
sǎo
  1. 1 older brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
嫂嫂
sǎo sao
  1. 1 older brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
  3. 3 (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
家兄
jiā xiōng
  1. 1 (polite) my elder brother
家嫂
jiā sǎo
  1. 1 (polite) my sister-in-law
弟兄
dì xiong
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 comrade
弟兄们
dì xiōng men
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 comrades
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 brethren

Idioms (5)

兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
亲兄弟，明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng
  1. 1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì
  1. 1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì
  1. 1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow sufferers
  3. 3 in the same boat

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