嫁妆 (嫁妝)
jià zhuang
Pinyin

Definition

嫁妆 (嫁妝)
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jià zhuang
  1. dowry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

嫁
jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry
  2. 2 to marry off a daughter
  3. 3 to shift (blame etc)
出嫁
chū jià
  1. 1 to get married (of woman)
嫁人
jià rén
  1. 1 to get married (of woman)
下嫁
xià jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status
  2. 2 to marry down
外嫁
wài jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner

Idioms (4)

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
嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén
  1. 1 to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
  2. 2 to pass the buck
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

Sample Sentences

要。不过我的未来老丈人特别通情达理，他说彩礼给多少都行，就是个仪式，到时候他再给我们当嫁妆陪回来。
yào 。bùguò wǒ de wèilái lǎozhàngren tèbié tōngqíngdǎlǐ ，tā shuō cǎilǐ gěi duōshao dōu xíng ，jiùshì gè yíshì ，dàoshíhou tā zài gěi wǒmen dāng jiàzhuang péi huílai 。
Yes. However, my future father-in-law is very sensible. He says however much the betrothal gift is is fine. It's just a formality. When the time comes, he'll give it back to us as a dowry.
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你们那里要不要彩礼和嫁妆啊？
nǐmen nàlǐ yào bùyào cǎilǐ hé jiàzhuang ā ？
Where you're from do you need to give a dowry or betrothal gifts?
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