入赘 (入贅)
rù zhuì
Pinyin

Definition

入赘 (入贅)
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rù zhuì
  1. to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

入
rù
  1. 1 to enter
  2. 2 to go into
  3. 3 to join
  4. 4 to become a member of
  5. 5 to confirm or agree with
  6. 6 abbr. for 入聲|入声[rù shēng]
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
加入
jiā rù
  1. 1 to become a member
  2. 2 to join
  3. 3 to mix into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to add in
收入
shōu rù
  1. 1 to take in
  2. 2 income
  3. 3 revenue
  4. 4 classifier: 笔 bǐ
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
进入
jìn rù
  1. 1 to enter
  2. 2 to join
  3. 3 to go into

Idioms (20)

一拥而入
yī yōng ér rù
  1. 1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
  1. 1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse

Sample Sentences

据说李白娶媳妇儿也挺牛的，结了四次婚，有两次都是和前宰相的孙女。还是入赘的。
jùshuō Lǐ Bái qǔ xífùr yě tǐng niú de ，jié le sì cì hūn ，yǒu liǎng cì dōu shì hé qián zǎixiàng de sūnnǚ 。háishì ruìzhuì de 。
It's said that in marriage Li Bai was very aggressive. He got married four times. Two times were to the granddaughters of former prime ministers. He even took their surnames.
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两次入赘宰相府，看来李白还真是想当官儿。
liǎng cì rùzhuì zǎixiàngfǔ ，kànlái Lǐ Bái hái zhēn shì xiǎng dāng guānr 。
If he married into the house of former prime ministers twice, it really seems like Li Bai wanted to become a government official.
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