母系社会
mǔ xì shè huì
Pinyin

Definition

母系社会
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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 CL:個|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 CL:個|个[gè]
系列
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
系统
xì tǒng
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
联系
lián xì
  1. 1 variant of 聯繫|联系[lián xì]
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 relation
  2. 2 relationship
  3. 3 to concern
  4. 4 to affect
  5. 5 to have to do with
  6. 6 guanxi
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
黑社会
hēi shè huì
  1. 1 criminal underworld
  2. 2 organized crime syndicate
一系列
yī xì liè
  1. 1 a series of
  2. 2 a string of
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
系数
xì shù
  1. 1 coefficient
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 modulus
  4. 4 ratio
公社
gōng shè
  1. 1 commune
出版社
chū bǎn shè
  1. 1 publishing house
报社
bào shè
  1. 1 newspaper (i.e. a company)
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā]
字母
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
新华社
Xīn huá shè
  1. 1 Xinhua News Agency

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

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