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| 岳母 | yuèmǔ |
| 1. n. mother-in-law (wife's mother) |
| English > Chinese | |
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| mother-in-law | |
| 1. 婆母 |
| 2. 岳母 |
| Components | |
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| 岳 | yuè |
| 1. (Alternative form *嶽) tall mountain |
| 2. (historical) name of a mountain ((generally interpreted as Mount Song (Eno, 2009))) |
| 3. parent-in-law |
| 岳 ^飛 - Yue Fei |
| 4. Simplified form of 嶽 |
| 5. Variant of ? |
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| 嶽 | yuè |
| 1. tall mountain; highest peak |
| 母 | mǔ |
| 1. mother |
| 父母 - father and mother |
| 母子 - mother and son |
| Antonyms: 父 |
| 2. (Used to address a female elder member of a family.) |
| 姑母 - father's sister |
| 祖母 - grandmother |
| Antonyms: 父 |
| 3. (of animal) female |
| 母牛 - female cow |
| Synonyms: 雌 |
| Antonyms: 公 |
| 4. pertaining to origin |
| 母校 - alma mater |
