陪嫁
péi jià
Pinyin

Definition

陪嫁
 - 
péi jià
  1. dowry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

陪
péi
  1. 1 to accompany
  2. 2 to keep sb company
  3. 3 to assist
  4. 4 old variant of 賠|赔[péi]
嫁
jià
  1. 1 (of a woman) to marry
  2. 2 to marry off a daughter
  3. 3 to shift (blame etc)
嫁人
jià rén
  1. 1 to get married (of woman)
陪伴
péi bàn
  1. 1 to accompany
陪同
péi tóng
  1. 1 to accompany

Idioms (4)

天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén
  1. 1 to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
  2. 2 to pass the buck
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那是以前，现在大多都是跟小张这样的，彩礼就是意思一下，陪嫁的时候再陪回来，给小两口当启动资金。
nà shì yǐqián ，xiànzài dàduō dōu shì gēn XiǎoZhāng zhèyàng de ，cǎilǐ jiùshì yìsi yīxià ，péijià deshíhou zài péi huílai ，gěi xiǎoliǎngkǒu dāng qǐdòng zījīn 。
That was before. Nowadays most people are like Xiao Zhang. The betrothal gift is just a gesture. When giving a dowry, it's all given back and given to the newlyweds as a gift to start their lives together.
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