明媒正娶
míng méi zhèng qǔ
Pinyin

Definition

明媒正娶
 - 
míng méi zhèng qǔ
  1. to be officially wed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
娶
qǔ
  1. 1 to take a wife
  2. 2 to marry (a woman)
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity

Idioms (20)

上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

Sample Sentences

这就对了，我们就这么一个宝贝女儿，当然要明媒正娶。搞个什么旅行结婚，谁知道你们结婚了没有？
zhè jiù duìle ，wǒmen jiù zhème yī gè bǎobèi nǚér ，dāngrán yào míngméizhèngqǔ 。gǎo gè shénme lǚxíng jiéhūn ，shéi zhīdào nǐmen jiéhūn le méiyǒu ？
That's better. We only have this one precious daughter. Of course you need to have a formal wedding. If you arrange some kind of 'travel wedding', who will even know if you got married or not?
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