停妻再娶 — “Abandon wife and remarry”
停妻再娶 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to marry another person while still legally married to one's current spouse; to commit bigamy”. Literally, “abandon wife and remarry”.
停妻再娶 Pronunciation and Pinyin
停妻再娶 Character Breakdown
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What does 停妻再娶 mean?
停妻再娶 (tíng qī zài qǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to marry another person while still legally married to one's current spouse; to commit bigamy”.
How do you pronounce 停妻再娶?
停妻再娶 is pronounced tíng qī zài qǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 停妻再娶 literally mean?
Literally, 停妻再娶 means “abandon wife and remarry”. It is used to mean “to marry another person while still legally married to one's current spouse; to commit bigamy”.
What is the Chinese definition of 停妻再娶?
有妻并未离异，又与人正式结婚。