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下嫁
xià​jià

to marry down

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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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

下嫁 xià​jià to get married

(of a woman) to marry, regardless of relative social status

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