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姑
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Definitions
- 1. paternal aunt
- 2. husband's sister
- 3. nun
- 4. for the time being (literary)
Example Sentences
1 shown我住在我 姑 姑 家。
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Words Containing 姑
father's father's sister
father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle
father's sister
mother's father's sister (coll.)
husband's younger sister
for the time being
Meigu River in south Sichuan
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister)
distant relatives
son-in-law (used by wife's family)
dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
(polite) father's sisters
(idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment
maiden
to just talk for the sake of talking
sister-in-law
Buddhist nun
Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Daoist nun
excessively tolerant
grandfather's sister
father's female cousin via female line
(coll.) father's married sister
husband of father's sister
husband of paternal aunt
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
father's sister's husband
husband's sister
to tolerate is to abet
female immortal
Meigu county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
girl
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Chinese lantern plant
paternal aunt
Cinderella
village girl
husband's father and mother
to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
Meigu county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)