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xí fu
n. (dialect) wife; young married woman
80%     120%
Other meanings
[xí fù]   n. son's wife, daughter-in-law; wife of one's relative of the younger generation

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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qǔ le xí fù wàng le niáng -- wàng ēn fù yì
phr. one forgets his mother after taking a wife--to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one
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guò nián qǔ xí fu -- shuāng xǐ lín mén
phr. to take a wife during the Chinese New Year--A double blessing has descended upon the house
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xí fur
n. wife
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hǎo róng yì cái qǔ shàng xí fù, háo hǎor guò rì zi ba .
phr. Since you tried hard to get married, you should live a good life.
qǔ xí fu
phr. to marry a woman as one's wife
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chǒu xí fu záo wán yé děi jiàn gōng pó .
idiom. The ugly daughter-in-law will have to see her parents-in-law soon or later. -- the ugly truth will be exposed eventually
yáng xí fu
phr. foreign wife, wife who's not Chinese
xiāng xí fu
phr. to go to a blind date in order to find a wife
xiǎo xí fu
nphr. young wife; young married woman