嫁娶
jià qǔ
Pinyin

Definition

嫁娶
 - 
jià qǔ
  1. marriage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

娶
qǔ
  1. 1 to take a wife
  2. 2 to marry (a woman)
嫁
jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry
  2. 2 to marry off a daughter
  3. 3 to shift (blame etc)
出嫁
chū jià
  1. 1 to get married (of woman)
嫁人
jià rén
  1. 1 to get married (of woman)
下嫁
xià jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status
  2. 2 to marry down
外嫁
wài jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner
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
婚嫁
hūn jià
  1. 1 marriage
嫁女
jià nu:3
  1. 1 to marry off a daughter
嫁妆
jià zhuang
  1. 1 dowry
嫁娶
jià qǔ
  1. 1 marriage
嫁接
jià jiē
  1. 1 to graft (a branch to a rootstock)
嫁祸
jià huò
  1. 1 to impute
  2. 2 to shift the blame onto someone else
嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén
  1. 1 to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
  2. 2 to pass the buck
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
改嫁
gǎi jià
  1. 1 to remarry (of a woman)
新嫁娘
xīn jià niáng
  1. 1 bride
明媒正娶
míng méi zhèng qǔ
  1. 1 to be officially wed

Idioms (4)

天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén
  1. 1 to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
  2. 2 to pass the buck
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

Sample Sentences

多着呢。比如，职工家里有婚丧嫁娶，工会要贺喜、慰问；退休职工聚会、旅游，也是工会负责的。
duō zhene 。bǐrú ，zhígōng jiālǐ yǒu hūnsāngjiàqǔ ，gōnghuì yào hèxǐ 、wèiwèn ；tuìxiū zhígōng jùhuì 、lǚyóu ，yě shì gōnghuì fùzé de 。
A lot. For example, when workers go through marriages or funerals, the union will congratulate or console them. The union's also responsible for retired workers' gatherings and travel.
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