婚约 (hūn yuē) — engagement (promise to marry); marriage contract

Definition

Examples

• 他们俩的婚约已经解除了。
  Tā men liǎ de hūn yuē yǐ jīng jiě chú le.
  Their engagement has already been called off.
• 双方父母为他们签订了婚约。
  Shuāng fāng fù mǔ wèi tā men qiān dìng le hūn yuē.
  Both sets of parents signed a marriage contract for them.
• 一纸婚约并不能保证婚姻的幸福。
  Yì zhǐ hūn yuē bìng bù néng bǎo zhèng hūn yīn de xìng fú.
  A marriage contract cannot guarantee marital happiness.