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下嫁
xià​jià

to marry down

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
下嫁 xià​jià
to marry down
(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; historically used for a princess or daughter of a noble family marrying a commoner or official
to get married
(of a woman) to marry, regardless of relative social status

Frequency

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0.567 per million

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Frequency data
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