(of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
trad. 倒插門
Also written 倒插門【dào chā mén】
Characters in this word
3倒
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to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally, to fail; to go bankrupt, to overthrow, to change (trains or buses), to move around, to resell at a profit
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 578 of 2500
插
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to insert, stick in, pierce, to take part in, to interfere, to interpose
- Pinyin
- chā
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4024 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500