粵

聯lyun4姻jan1

simp联姻
lyun4 jan1lián yīn

English

  1. related by marriage
  2. to connect by marriage (families, work units)
  3. to get into a marriage of convenience/marriage of state
  4. marriage of convenience; marriage of state

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩個人結婚而令兩個家族結成親家

Examples

  • 政治聯姻

    political marriage

  • 呢兩個家族聯姻之後,兩邊嘅生意互相幫助,越做越大。

    After these two families joined together by marriage, their businesses helped each other and grew bigger and bigger.

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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