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(coll.) wife
HSK 4
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  *塔* | 塔* | *塔
pagoda (abbr. of 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:) / (loanword) (pastry) tart
HSK 6
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
witch / sorceress / female shaman
HSK 7-9
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  *婆* | 婆* | *婆
(bound form) grandmother / (bound form) matron / (bound form) mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma
matchmaker
granny / mother-in-law
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
old woman (at times contemptuous)
wealthy woman
old woman
Brahmin
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  *娑* | 娑* | *娑
(phonetic) / see 婆娑
effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin
to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway
grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law
husband's parents; parents-in-law / (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
faded old woman
woman (derog.)
meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆汤) / magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
(dialect) hen; prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
great-grandmother
(dialect) wife / married woman
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
midwife
Brahmanism / Hinduism
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife
midwife
(literary) kindheartedness
midwife (old term)
housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody
see 占婆
tomboy
henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC
primary wife
concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman
to chase girls / to hang around with girls
midwife
Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多 and a major figure in it
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
midwife who induces labor
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
(dialect) mother-in-law / (house)wife
(coll.) lying-in woman
tearful (idiom)
hot-water bottle
hot-water bottle
Shiva (Hindu deity)
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)


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