迎娶
yíng qǔ
Pinyin

Definition

迎娶
 - 
yíng qǔ
  1. (of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony
  2. fig. to take as one's wife
  3. to marry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

娶
qǔ
  1. 1 to take a wife
  2. 2 to marry (a woman)
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)