迎亲 (迎親)
yíng qīn
Pinyin

Definition

迎亲 (迎親)
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yíng qīn
  1. (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride
  2. to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

欢迎
huān yíng
  1. 1 to welcome
  2. 2 welcome
迎
yíng
  1. 1 to welcome
  2. 2 to meet
  3. 3 to face
  4. 4 to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)
迎合
yíng hé
  1. 1 to cater to
  2. 2 to pander to
迎接
yíng jiē
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to welcome
  3. 3 to greet
迎新
yíng xīn
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to welcome new guests
  3. 3 by extension, to receive new students

Idioms (5)

笑脸相迎
xiào liǎn xiāng yíng
  1. 1 to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
迎来送往
yíng lái sòng wǎng
  1. 1 lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests
  2. 2 all time taken over with social niceties
迎刃而解
yíng rèn ér jiě
  1. 1 lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. easily solved
迎头痛击
yíng tóu tòng jī
  1. 1 to deliver a frontal assault
  2. 2 to meet head-on (idiom)
迎风招展
yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn
  1. 1 to flutter in the wind (idiom)