arranged betrothal of minors
Grand Prince (Qing title)
lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
1.compatibility2.affinity (biology)
father of one's child's spouse
People First Party, Taiwan
1.to get close to2.to get on intimate terms with
old friends and relatives
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
1.orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on2.left to one's own devices
1.to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)2.filial thigh-cutting
1.the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom)2.to take part personally in an expedition
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
without relatives or friends
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
(idiom) outsiders should not come between close relatives
1.lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom)2.fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
paternity or maternity test
one's own flesh and blood
1.close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone2.all possible relations
to travel to a place personally (idiom)
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
to visit one's friends and relatives
男女授受不亲男女授受不親 men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
远亲不如近邻遠親不如近鄰 A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
每逢佳节倍思亲每逢佳節倍思親 doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王维[wáng wéi])
1.bereavement2.to lose a relative
1.older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents)2.one's deceased close relatives
1.courting2.meeting for purpose of marriage3.to settle into a relationship
1.(formal) close kin2.closest relative
1.stepfamily2.(old) stepmother3.to marry
one's capable and virtuous relatives
1.darlings2.fans3.followers4.short form of 亲爱的们+1 条 1.in touch with the people2.sensitive to people's needs
to be enlightened by direct contact with sb
1.one's own father2.biological father