门当户对 (門當戶對)
mén dāng hù duì
Pinyin

Definition

门当户对 (門當戶對)
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mén dāng hù duì
  1. the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)
  2. (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
客户
kè hù
  1. 1 client
  2. 2 customer
客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
对
duì
  1. 1 right
  2. 2 correct
  3. 3 couple
  4. 4 pair
  5. 5 towards
  6. 6 at
  7. 7 for
  8. 8 to face
  9. 9 opposite
  10. 10 to treat (sb a certain way)
  11. 11 to match together
  12. 12 to adjust
  13. 13 to fit
  14. 14 to suit
  15. 15 to answer
  16. 16 to reply
  17. 17 classifier: couple
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那也不见得，有些大户人家还是会先用这样的方式给子女找对象，中国传统的婚姻就是主张“门当户对”的，只不过古代的相亲是说了媒，让双方的家人见面，现在的相亲是男女双方和家人一块儿见面。
nà yě bùjiànde ，yǒuxiē dàhù rénjiā háishì huì xiān yòng zhèyàng de fāngshì gěi zǐnǚ zhǎo duìxiàng ，Zhōngguó chuántǒng de hūnyīn jiùshì zhǔzhāng “méndānghùduì ”de ，zhǐ bùguò gǔdài de xiàngqīn shì shuō le méi ，ràng shuāngfāng de jiārén jiànmiàn ，xiàn zài de xiàngqīn shì nánnǚ shuāngfāng hé jiārén yīkuàir jiànmiàn 。
Not necessarily, some wealthy families still resort to this kind of thing first to find partners for their sons and daughters. Traditional Chinese marriages advocated unions between families of similar social stature, it's just that in ancient times the arranged dates involved letting the families of the two parties meet after a match was made, now the arranged blind dates involve the two parties and their families meeting together.
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是啊，这又是老生常谈的婚姻观念的问题了，是选择差距悬殊的所谓真爱，还是选择门当户对的感情。
shì a ，zhè yòu shì lǎoshēngchángtán de hūnyīn guānniàn de wèntí le ，shì xuǎnzé chājù xuán shū de suǒwèi zhēn ài ，háishì xuǎnzé méndānghùduì de gǎnqíng 。
Yes, this is a commonly acknowledged problem with the concept of marriage, the choice between true love across the poverty gap, or choosing a relationship with someone from a similar socioeconomic background.
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中国传统价值观念里，对于婚姻一直是主张门当户对的，一方面是因为门当户对可以保证夫妻家庭背景、受教育程度、及观念的相对平衡。
Zhōngguó chuántǒng jiàzhí guānniàn lǐ ，duìyú hūnyīn yīzhí shì zhǔzhāng méndānghùduì de ，yīfāngmiàn shì yīnwèi méndānghùduì kěyǐ bǎozhèng fūqī jiātíng bèijǐng 、shòu jiàoyù chéngdù 、jí guānniàn de xiāngduì pínghéng 。
In the traditional Chinese value system, there was a constant advocacy for marriage between people from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Firstly, because they are from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, you can guarantee that the family background, educational level and value system of husband and wife will be relatively equal.
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是啊，所以，我觉得传统的门当户对观念，不仅只是肤浅的指双方家庭物质环境的匹配，更有因为物质环境而影响的思维方式和价值观念。
shì a ，suǒyǐ ，wǒ juéde chuántǒng de méndānghùduì guānniàn ，bùjǐn zhǐshì fūqiǎn de zhǐ shuāngfāng jiātíng wùzhì huánjìng de pǐpèi ，gèng yǒu yīnwèi wùzhì huánjìng ér yǐngxiǎng de sīwéi fāngshì hé jiàzhí guānniàn 。
Yeah, so, I think that the traditional notion of matchmaking according to their family's status is not just a superficial way of suggesting that their family's material circumstances are matched, but also comes from the fact that material circumstances influence one's thinking and one's value system.
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应该是，对于一般年轻人而言，如果要找到适合的灵魂伴侣，在门当户对的异性中寻找，机会应该比较大。
yīnggāi shì ，duìyú yībān niánqīngrén éryán ，rúguǒ yào zhǎodào shìhé de línghún bànlǚ ，zài méndānghùduì de yìxìng zhōng xúnzhǎo ，jīhuì yīnggāi bǐjiào dà 。
I think so, for normal young people, if you want to find an appropriate life partner, you'll have more chances if you look for members of the opposite sex from the same socioeconomic bracket.
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