姥娘
lǎo niáng
Pinyin

Definition

姥娘
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lǎo niáng
  1. maternal grandmother (dialectal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
niáng
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 young lady
  3. 3 (coll.) effeminate
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as: 丈母
bàn niáng
  1. 1 bridesmaid
  2. 2 maid of honor
  3. 3 matron of honor
dà niáng
  1. 1 (coll.) father's older brother's wife
  2. 2 aunt (polite address)

Idioms (2)

天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
  1. 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
  3. 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie