老丈人

lǎo zhàng ren

Dictionary entry

(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)

What does 老丈人 mean?

老丈人 (lǎo zhàng ren) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)

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老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)丈zhàngmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) · to measure 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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