因孕而婚
yīn yùn ér hūn
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1 shotgun wedding (idiom)
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
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1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
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1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
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2 absence makes the heart grow fonder
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
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1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
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1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
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1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
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1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
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2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
英年早逝
yīng nián zǎo shì
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1 to die an untimely death (idiom)
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2 to be cut off in one's prime
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
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1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
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2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever