母系
mǔ xì
Pinyin

Definition

母系
 - 
mǔ xì
  1. maternal
  2. matriarchal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

系
xì
  1. 1 to connect
  2. 2 to relate to
  3. 3 to tie up
  4. 4 to bind
  5. 5 to be (literary)
母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
系列
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
系统
xì tǒng
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (4)

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)
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

Sample Sentences

走婚是纳西族的风俗，他们住在丽江，还过着母系氏族的生活。泼水节是傣族的，我初中时学过。
zǒuhūn shì Nàxīzú de fēngsú ，tāmen zhù zài Lìjiāng ，hái guò zhe mǔxì shìzú de shēnghuó 。Pōshuǐjié shì Dǎizú de ，wǒ chūzhōng shí xué guo 。
The walking marriage is a custom of the Nakhi people - they live in Lijiang and still live in a matriarchal society. The water festival is the Dai people - I learned that in junior high.
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