lì​shì

to take a wife

  • created sense approved 立室 · lì​shì · to take a wife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    立室

    lì​shì

    to take a wife

    to marry a woman and establish a household

    立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to establish 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · wife

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 立室 · lì​shì · to build a house — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    立室

    lì​shì

    to build a house

    (literary) to build a home or dwelling; to construct a house

    立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to set up 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · room

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

    created sense