迎亲
yíng qīn
Pinyin

Definition

迎亲
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yíng qīn
  1. (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride
  2. to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

欢迎
huān yíng
  1. 1 to welcome
  2. 2 welcome
迎
yíng
  1. 1 to welcome
  2. 2 to meet
  3. 3 to face
  4. 4 to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)
迎合
yíng hé
  1. 1 to cater to
  2. 2 to pander to
迎接
yíng jiē
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to welcome
  3. 3 to greet
迎新
yíng xīn
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to welcome new guests
  3. 3 by extension, to receive new students
迎风
yíng fēng
  1. 1 in the wind
  2. 2 facing the wind
  3. 3 downwind
出迎
chū yíng
  1. 1 to greet
  2. 2 to go out to meet
受欢迎
shòu huān yíng
  1. 1 popular
  2. 2 well-received
奉迎
fèng yíng
  1. 1 (honorific) to greet
  2. 2 to fawn
有失远迎
yǒu shī yuǎn yíng
  1. 1 (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
笑脸相迎
xiào liǎn xiāng yíng
  1. 1 to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
迎刃而解
yíng rèn ér jiě
  1. 1 lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. easily solved
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
迎客松
Yíng kè Sōng
  1. 1 Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huáng shān]
迎战
yíng zhàn
  1. 1 to meet the enemy head-on
迎击
yíng jī
  1. 1 to face an attack
  2. 2 to repulse the enemy
迎春花
yíng chūn huā
  1. 1 winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
迎泽
Yíng zé
  1. 1 Yingze district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tài yuán shì], Shanxi
迎泽区
Yíng zé qū
  1. 1 Yingze district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tài yuán shì], Shanxi
迎亲
yíng qīn
  1. 1 (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride
  2. 2 to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house

Idioms (5)

笑脸相迎
xiào liǎn xiāng yíng
  1. 1 to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
迎来送往
yíng lái sòng wǎng
  1. 1 lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests
  2. 2 all time taken over with social niceties
迎刃而解
yíng rèn ér jiě
  1. 1 lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. easily solved
迎头痛击
yíng tóu tòng jī
  1. 1 to deliver a frontal assault
  2. 2 to meet head-on (idiom)
迎风招展
yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn
  1. 1 to flutter in the wind (idiom)

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