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simp婚约
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English

  1. engagement
  2. wedding contract
  3. wedding engagement

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩人決定結婚,但係未辦手續(量詞:段/個)

Examples

  • 他們解除了婚約。

    They called off their engagement.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • "你沒結婚吧!?" "哦,我們分手了。我們解除婚約了。"

    "Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement."

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我同佢之間有婚約,我諗唔可以同你一齊。

    He and I got engaged. I think there is no way that we can become lovers.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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