妻
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Definitions
- 1. to marry off (a daughter)
Words Containing 妻
husband and wife; married couple
wife and children
wife
polygamy
lit. one husband one wife
monogamy
married woman; wife (as a social role)
to repudiate one's wife
ex-wife
weekend spouse
(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)
to be bereaved of one's wife
polygamy
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
family-run shop
common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
see 夫妻相[fū qī xiàng]
wife and child
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)
wife
henpecked male
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
to take a wife
lovely wife
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
wife swapping
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
not yet married
fiancée
wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
you, my beloved wife
a good wife and loving mother
widow
to abandon wife and children
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
first wife