明媒正娶
míng​méi​zhèng​qǔ

formally married

  • created reference approved 明媒正娶 → 明媒正配 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    明媒正娶 míng​méi​zhèng​qǔ

    明媒正配 míng​méi​zhèng​pèi

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 明媒正娶 · míng​méi​zhèng​qǔ · formally married — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    明媒正娶

    míng​méi​zhèng​qǔ

    formally married

    to be officially wed after a matchmaker's proposal and a formal ceremony; a legal and public marriage

    明 (literal) → 明 · míng · openly 媒 (literal) → 媒 · méi · matchmaker 正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · correct 娶 (literal) → 娶 · qǔ · to marry a woman

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

    created sense