合卺
hé​jǐn

to get married

  • created reference approved 合卺/合巹 → 喝交杯 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    合卺 / 合巹 hé​jǐn

    喝交杯 hē​jiāo​bēi

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 合卺/合巹 · hé​jǐn · to get married — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    合卺 / 合巹

    hé​jǐn

    to get married

    To share the nuptial cup as part of a traditional wedding ceremony; by extension, to get married. In the original rite, a single gourd was split into two ladles for the bride and groom to drink from.

    合 (literal) → 合 · hé · to join 卺 (literal) → 卺 · jǐn · nuptial winecup

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

    created sense