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丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
Pinyin
Definition
丈母娘
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- wife's mother mother-in-law same as 丈母
Idioms (11)
一落千丈
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1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
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2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
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3 to take a dive
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
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1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
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2 fig. at a total loss
再生父母
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1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
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1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
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1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
Sample Sentences
好女婿，你丈母娘老夸你呢！
You're a good son-in-law. Your mother-in-law is always speaking highly of you!
别提了，我儿子只知道去丈母娘家！
Don't bring it up. My son only ever thinks about going to his mother-in-law's!
去我丈母娘屋里搓麻将。
I'm going to my mother-in-law's to play mahjong.
是的呀，今朝丈母娘生日，阿拉老婆已经豁翎子给我了。
Yeah, today is my mother-in-law's birthday, my wife already warned me.