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媒妁之言

méi shuò zhī yán

4-character word

What 媒妁之言 means

1. 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

• 父母之命，媒妁之言fù mǔ zhī mìng , méi shuò zhī yán(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)

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