岳父
yuè fù
Pinyin

Definition

岳父
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yuè fù
  1. wife's father, father-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
父亲
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
姑父
gū fu
  1. 1 father's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of paternal aunt
  3. 3 uncle
姨父
yí fu
  1. 1 husband of mother's sister
  2. 2 uncle
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law

Idioms (10)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
张飞打岳飞
Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi
  1. 1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
  2. 2 fig. an impossible combination
  3. 3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)

Sample Sentences

一开始我也紧张呢，不过我岳父岳母都是特别好的人，他们说，彩礼什么的不重要，最重要的是两个人真心相爱。
yīkāishǐ wǒ yě jǐnzhāng ne ，bùguò wǒ yuèfù yuèmǔ dōu shì tèbié hǎo de rén ，tāmen shuō ，cǎilǐ shénmede bù zhòngyào ，zuì zhòngyào de shì liǎng ge rén zhēnxīn xiāngài 。
At the beginning I was really nervous, but my father and mother-in-law were really nice people. They said, whatever the betrothal gift is isn't important. The most important thing is that you two really love each other.
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其实这个很好理解。对于岳父岳母来说，买房结婚是你对他们女儿表现出来的诚意，是真心实意要跟她过日子的。这样他们心里就踏实了。
qíshí zhè ge hěn hǎo lǐjiě 。duìyú yuèfù yuèmǔ láishuō ，mǎifáng jiéhūn shì nǐ duì tāmen nǚér biǎoxiàn chūlái de chéngyì ，shì zhēnxīnshíyì yào gēn tā guò rìzi de 。zhèyàng tāmen xīnli jiù tāshi le 。
In fact, this is very easy to understand. According to your in-laws, buying a house for their daughter shows your sincerity and that you genuinely want to spend your life with her. This way their minds are at ease.
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老婆的爸爸，就是你的岳父。
lǎopó de bàba ，jiùshì nǐ de yuèfù 。
Your wife's father is your "yue fu."
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拜见岳父岳母大人
bàijiàn yuèfù yuèmǔ dàren
Meet the Parents.
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是啊，周末了，来看看岳父岳母。
shì a ，zhōumò le ，lái kàn kan yuèfù yuèmǔ 。
Yeah. It's the weekend. I'm here to see my wife's parents.
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