出嫁 (chū jià) — (of a woman) to get married (and leave her natal family)
Definition
Means a woman gets married and leaves her family to join her husband's. Note 出嫁 is a separable verb: it splits as 出了嫁 / 出了嫁? in usage and the result verb 嫁 carries the main meaning of 'marry into'.
verb
(of a woman) to get married (and leave her natal family)
Examples
- 出嫁，。Tā qù nián chū jià le, xiàn zài zhù zài pó jia.She got married last year and now lives with her husband's family.
- 出嫁，。Jiě jie sān shí suì cái chū jià, jiā lǐ rén dōu hěn zháo jí.My older sister didn't get married until she was thirty; the family was very anxious.
- ，。Tā èr shí suì jiù chū le jià, nián jì qīng qīng jiù dāng le mā ma.She got married at twenty and became a mother at a young age.
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