老女归宗 — “A married woman returning to her parents' home”
老女归宗 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a married woman returning to her parents' home”. Typically due to separation, divorce, or abandonment. Literally, “Married woman returning to her ancestral home”.
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老女归宗 Pronunciation and Pinyin
老女归宗 Character Breakdown
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她在夫家受尽委屈，最终选择老女归宗，寻求父母的安慰。
After enduring much hardship in her husband's family, she finally chose to return to her parents' home, seeking comfort from them.
Idioms Related to 老女归宗
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- lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
- lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
- lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
- lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
- lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
- lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
- lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
- lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
- lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything
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What does 老女归宗 mean?
老女归宗 (lǎo nǚ guī zōng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a married woman returning to her parents' home”.
How do you pronounce 老女归宗?
老女归宗 is pronounced lǎo nǚ guī zōng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老女归宗 literally mean?
Literally, 老女归宗 means “Married woman returning to her ancestral home”. It is used to mean “a married woman returning to her parents' home”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老女归宗?
归宗：回家探亲。出嫁的妇女由于被遗弃或其他原因返回娘家