姥娘
lǎo niáng
Pinyin
Definition
姥娘
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- maternal grandmother (dialectal)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (2)
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
- 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
- 2 fig. the natural order of things
- 3 something you can't go against
有奶便是娘
- 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
- 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
- 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie