三媒六證
sān​méi​liù​zhèng

traditional marriage formalities

  • created sense approved 三媒六证/三媒六證 · sān​méi​liù​zhèng · traditional marriage formalities — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三媒六证 / 三媒六證

    sān​méi​liù​zhèng

    traditional marriage formalities

    (idiom) to go through all the formal steps of a traditional arranged marriage; refers to the various go-betweens and items of evidence required for a legitimate union

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 媒 (literal) → 媒 · méi · matchmaker 六 (literal) → 六 · liù · six 证 (literal) → 证/證 · zhèng · evidence

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense