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jià
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. (of a woman) to marry
  2. 2. to marry off a daughter
  3. 3. to shift (blame etc)

Example Sentences

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鸡随鸡 狗随狗。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4439887)

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Words Containing 嫁

嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī

If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.

外嫁
wài jià

(of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner

嫁资
jià zī

dowry

嫁鸡随鸡,嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu

if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

男婚女嫁
nán hūn nǚ jià

to celebrate a wedding

婚嫁
hūn jià

marriage

陪嫁
péi jià

dowry

嫁接
jià jiē

to graft (a branch to a rootstock)

许嫁
xǔ jià

allowed to marry

皇帝女儿不愁嫁
huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jià

lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)

嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén

to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others

转嫁
zhuǎn jià

to remarry (of widow)

嫁人
jià rén

(of a woman) to get married; to take a husband

出嫁
chū jià

to get married (of woman)

下嫁
xià jià

(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status

男怕入错行,女怕嫁错郎
nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng

men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)

嫁妆
jià zhuang

dowry

新嫁娘
xīn jià niáng

bride

嫁娶
jià qǔ

marriage

再嫁
zài jià

to remarry (of woman)

嫁女
jià nǚ

to marry off a daughter

嫁祸
jià huò

to impute

改嫁
gǎi jià

to remarry (of a woman)

天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)