招門納婿
zhāo​mén​nà​xù

to take a husband into the wife's family

  • created reference approved 招门纳婿/招門納婿 → 招赘/招贅 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    招门纳婿 / 招門納婿 zhāo​mén​nà​xù

    招赘 / 招贅 zhāo​zhuì

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 招门纳婿/招門納婿 · zhāo​mén​nà​xù · to take a husband into the wife's family — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    招门纳婿 / 招門納婿

    zhāo​mén​nà​xù

    to take a husband into the wife's family

    to invite a man to marry into the bride's family and live with them; specifically to ensure that any children born will carry the wife's family name

    招 (literal) → 招 · zhāo · to take in a son-in-law 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · family 纳 (literal) → 纳/納 · nà · to accept 婿 (literal) → 婿 · xù · son-in-law

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

    created sense