母系社会 (母系社會)
mǔ xì shè huì
Pinyin

Definition

母系社会 (母系社會)
 - 
mǔ xì shè huì
  1. matrilineality

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
社区
shè qū
  1. 1 community
  2. 2 neighborhood
社会
shè huì
  1. 1 society
  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