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to marry / to get married / CL:
HSK 3
to divorce
HSK 3
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
to be married but keep it secret from family, colleagues or the general public
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *婚* | 婚* | *婚
to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife
wedding dress / CL:
HSK 7-9
matchmaking; marriage introduction service (abbr. for 婚姻介紹|婚姻介绍)
common-law marriage; de facto marriage
same-sex marriage / gay marriage
(idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married
to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married
marriage; matrimony / CL: 樁|桩,
HSK 7-9
love and marriage
married, with one or more children
premarital / prenuptial
to remarry
married
to propose marriage
HSK 7-9
to have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style
wedding / marriage / CL: 門|门, 樁|桩
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
forced marriage / arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
marriage leave
formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
marriage counseling
reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder
to get engaged
HSK 7-9
unmarried
marriage law
to marry
wedding reception
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
wedding celebration
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
to marry after getting pregnant
extramarital affair
fiancée
to marry and give birth late
marriage certificate
newly married couple / newlyweds
wedding / marriage celebration
to remarry (the same person)
newly married
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
to intermarry
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
marriage
wedding day
posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
wedding car
to have an aversion to getting married
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
newlyweds' home
to break off an engagement
bigamy
fiancé
to marry after getting pregnant
marriage agency
an illegitimate child
to break a promise of marriage
remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
to get married
marriage by capture / bride kidnapping
paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
to get married and have kids; to start a family
wedding anniversary
(old) marriage contract
to marry too early
marriage custom
to propose marriage
to get married soon after meeting
to go back on a marriage contract / to repudiate an engagement
(coll.) those who are in a rush to get married
to flee to avoid an arranged marriage
wedding reception
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
premarital sex
to look for a partner
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
(idiom) to marry because of an unplanned pregnancy
to marry for the first time / to be newly married
length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age
age range suitable for getting married
silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
to get married right after graduation
child marriage
extramarital
born out of wedlock / illegitimate
sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻)
wedding witness
to celebrate a wedding
Juno, an asteroid
(derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
of marriageable age
mixed marriage
matchmaking agency; dating service (abbr. for 婚姻介紹所|婚姻介绍所)
prenuptial agreement / dowry contract
bigamy

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