指腹为婚

Traditional: 指腹為婚

zhǐ fù wéi hūn

Dictionary entry

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)

What does 指腹为婚 mean?

指腹为婚 (zhǐ fù wéi hūn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)

Character breakdown

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指zhǐfinger · to point at or to 腹fùabdomen · stomach 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding · (bound form) to marry

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指腹为婚

zhǐ fù wéi hūn

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