娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù
Pinyin

Definition

娶媳妇
 - 
qǔ xí fù
  1. to get oneself a wife
  2. to take a daughter-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

娶
qǔ
  1. 1 to take a wife
  2. 2 to marry (a woman)
儿媳妇
ér xí fu
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
媳妇
xí fù
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
  2. 2 wife (of a younger man)
  3. 3 young married woman
  4. 4 young woman
媳妇儿
xí fu r5
  1. 1 wife
  2. 2 young married woman
儿媳
ér xí
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
侄媳妇
zhí xí fu
  1. 1 brother's son's wife
  2. 2 nephew's wife
娶妻
qǔ qī
  1. 1 to take a wife
  2. 2 to get married (man)
娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù
  1. 1 to get oneself a wife
  2. 2 to take a daughter-in-law
娶亲
qǔ qīn
  1. 1 to take a wife
婆媳
pó xí
  1. 1 mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
媳
xí
  1. 1 daughter-in-law
嫁娶
jià qǔ
  1. 1 marriage
孙媳妇
sūn xí fu
  1. 1 son's son's wife
  2. 2 grandson's wife
小媳妇
xiǎo xí fu
  1. 1 young married woman
  2. 2 mistress
  3. 3 (fig.) punching bag
  4. 4 (old) child bride
弟媳
dì xí
  1. 1 younger brother's wife
  2. 2 sister-in-law
明媒正娶
míng méi zhèng qǔ
  1. 1 to be officially wed
未娶
wèi qǔ
  1. 1 a bachelor
  2. 2 an unmarried man
童养媳
tóng yǎng xí
  1. 1 child bride
  2. 2 girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
迎娶
yíng qǔ
  1. 1 (of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony
  2. 2 fig. to take as one's wife
  3. 3 to marry

Idioms (2)

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

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