qiǎng​qīn

bride kidnapping

抢亲 搶親 qiǎng//qīn
bride kidnapping
to take a woman for marriage by force; to kidnap a bride
marriage by capture
The custom of marriage by capture, including both historical practices of kidnapping a bride and modern ceremonies where the groom pretends to kidnap his bride.

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0.277 per million

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