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to divorce
HSK 3
to marry / to get married / CL:
HSK 3
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
marriage; matrimony / CL: 樁|桩,
HSK 7-9
to get engaged
HSK 7-9
to propose marriage
HSK 7-9
wedding dress / CL:
HSK 7-9
newly wed
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  *婚* | 婚* | *婚
to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife
married
to remarry
marriage
fiancé
engagement / wedding contract
to get married
to break off an engagement
unmarried
fiancée
wedding / marriage / CL: 門|门, 樁|桩
love and marriage
marriage certificate
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
to remarry (the same person)
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
(old) marriage contract
to be witness (at a wedding)
forced marriage / arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
wedding witness
wedding anniversary
marriage law
an illegitimate child
length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age
to look for a partner
child marriage
to marry
to celebrate a wedding
(idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married
to intermarry
wedding day
marriage by capture / bride kidnapping
to break a promise of marriage
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
Juno, an asteroid
marriage agency
wedding reception
tin anniversary; aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary)
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
born out of wedlock / illegitimate
to flee to avoid an arranged marriage
paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
marriage leave
to propose marriage
remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
to go back on a marriage contract / to repudiate an engagement
to marry too early
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
to marry for the first time / to be newly married
mixed marriage
bigamy
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
to become engaged / to affiance (a daughter)
silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
premarital / prenuptial
variant of 訂婚|订婚
extramarital
to have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style
to be married but keep it secret from family, colleagues or the general public
to have an aversion to getting married
premarital sex
marriage custom
to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married
extramarital affair
same-sex marriage / gay marriage
wedding reception
wedding celebration
to get married and have kids; to start a family
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
matchmaking / abbr. for 婚姻介紹|婚姻介绍
reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder
to marry after getting pregnant
newly married couple / newlyweds
ghost marriage (in which one or both parties are dead)
(derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
to marry after getting pregnant
prenuptial agreement / dowry contract
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
common-law marriage / de facto marriage
(idiom) to marry because of an unplanned pregnancy
wedding / marriage celebration
singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends
marriage counseling
wedding car
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
married, with one or more children
sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻)
(coll.) those who are in a rush to get married

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