- 卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
- (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
- 征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- betrothal gift
- to agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise
- (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house
- (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- dowry
- beautiful feminine attire; (fig.) young woman
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- of little value
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- 氓 máng: 氓 mang2: used in 流氓[liu2 mang2]氓 méng: 氓 meng2: (literary) common people
- wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
- (bound form) bribery
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-
- articles; goods
- anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
- four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
- cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
- younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
- to accompany
- Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
- to ensure; to guarantee
- husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
- ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout
- etiquette; custom
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- to lick; to lap (up)
- calf; sacrificial victim
- to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- wife's family (before marriage)
- dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- all the more; increasingly
- to put on display (sth abstract); to draw attention to; conspicuous