三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
Pinyin

Definition

三姑六婆
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sān gū liù pó
  1. women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

还不就是被家里爸妈，长辈，三姑六婆的，催着结婚的事儿。
hái bù jiùshì bèi jiālǐ bàmā ，zhǎngbèi ，sāngūliùpó de ，cuī zhe jiéhūn de shìr 。
It's just that my parents, the older members of my family and aunties are all pressuring me about marriage.
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