Read Edit View history 续弦 xùxián to remarry Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 续弦 續弦 xù//xián to remarry (literary, of a man) to remarry after the death of one's wife; the term originates from a metaphor comparing a couple to the strings of a musical instrument second wife a second wife married after the death of the first wife Frequency Written text 0.108 per million Cross-References Antonym 初婚 chūhūn断弦 duànxián Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
续弦 續弦 xù//xián to remarry (literary, of a man) to remarry after the death of one's wife; the term originates from a metaphor comparing a couple to the strings of a musical instrument second wife a second wife married after the death of the first wife Frequency Written text 0.108 per million Cross-References Antonym 初婚 chūhūn断弦 duànxián Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)