干女儿 (乾女兒)
gān nu:3 ér
Pinyin
Definition
干女儿 (乾女兒)
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- adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
女大不中留
- 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
- 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
- 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
- 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
- 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
Sample Sentences
听说二姨妈的干女儿又找了一个男朋友,你们见过吗?
I've heard that auntie's goddaughter has found a boyfriend again. Have you seen him?