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媒妁之言
méi shuò zhī yán
What 媒妁之言 means
- idiommatchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
The characters in 媒妁之言
- 媒méimedium; intermediary; matchmaker
- 妁shuò(literary) matchmaker (on the bride's side)
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
Words containing 媒妁之言
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