新婚燕尔

Traditional: 新婚燕爾

xīn hūn yàn ěr

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married

What does 新婚燕尔 mean?

新婚燕尔 (xīn hūn yàn ěr) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married

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新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] · abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding · (bound form) to marry 燕YānYan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning · north Hebei 尔ěrvariant of 爾|尔[er3]

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新婚燕尔

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