兄嫂
xiōng sǎo
Pinyin
Definition
兄嫂
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- elder brother and his wife
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 brothers
- 2 younger brother
- 3 classifier: 个 gè
- 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- 5 brotherly
- 6 fraternal
- 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
- 1 elder brother
- 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
- 1 older brother's wife
- 2 sister-in-law
- 3 elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)
Idioms (5)
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
- 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
- 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
亲兄弟,明算帐
- 1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
难兄难弟
- 1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
- 1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
- 2 fellow sufferers
- 3 in the same boat