What Does "父母之命媒妁之言" (fù mǔ zhī mìng méi shuò zhī yán) Mean?

fù父mǔ母zhī之mìng命 méi媒shuò妁zhī之yán言

parental command and matchmaker's arrangement.

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E13

Clip Timestamp

2:54

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	婚姻大事	hūn yīn dà shì	A great marriage relies on
2▶	父母之命媒妁之言	fù mǔ zhī mìng méi shuò zhī yán	parental command and matchmaker's arrangement.
3	哪有你置喙的地方	nǎ yǒu nǐ zhì huì de dì fāng	There's no place for you to speak.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 5

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这是门好亲啊

zhè shì mén hǎo qīn athis is a good marriage.

HSK 1

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穆家书香门第

mù jiā shū xiāng mén dìThe Mu family is a household steeped in literary tradition.

HSK 2

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最是前途无量

zuì shì qián tú wú liànghe has a boundless future ahead.

HSK 6

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我真的不想嫁给穆家怎么了

wǒ zhēn de bù xiǎng jià gěi mù jiā zěn me leI really don't want to marry Mr. Mu. What's wrong?

HSK 7

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那穆家有何不妥吗

nà mù jiā yǒu hé bù tuǒ maWhat's wrong with the Mu family?

HSK 2

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您瞧见过穆知翟没有啊

nín qiáo jiàn guò mù zhī dí méi yǒu aHave you seen Mu Zhidi?

HSK 6

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难道是有什么缺陷

nán dào shì yǒu shén me quē xiànDoes he have any defects?

HSK 4

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是他生得那个样子

shì tā shēng dé nà ge yàng ziHe was ugly.

HSK 2

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您是没瞧见就

nín shì méi qiáo jiàn jiùYou didn't know that

HSK 7

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他简直就像那个柱子

tā jiǎn zhí jiù xiàng nà ge zhù zihe is almost like a pillar.

HSK 6

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我要是嫁给他我会被笑话死的

wǒ yào shì jià gěi tā wǒ huì bèi xiào huà sǐ deIf I marry him, I will be laughed at by others.

HSK 2

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你听你自己说的这是什么孩子话

nǐ tīng nǐ zì jǐ shuō de zhè shì shén me hái zi huàListen to yourself, what you said is too childish.

HSK 7

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按说与你并不般配

àn shuō yǔ nǐ bìng bù bān pèiLogically speaking, it was you who got the upper hand.

HSK 6

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可人家眼里没有嫡庶之分

kě rén jiā yǎn lǐ méi yǒu dí shù zhī fēnHowever, they care not whether one is born of the legal wife or a concubine.

HSK 7

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怎么你还嫌弃起相貌高低了真是

zěn me nǐ hái xián qì qǐ xiàng mào gāo dī le zhēn shìWhy do you still dislike someone who is not good-looking. That's really not good.

HSK 6

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我真的不想嫁给他快住嘴吧

wǒ zhēn de bù xiǎng jià gěi tā kuài zhù zuǐ baI really don't want to marry him. Shut up.

HSK 7

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再也不必提起简直有失教养

zài yě bù bì tí qǐ jiǎn zhí yǒu shī jiào yǎngthat judge people by their appearance anymore. You are simply ill-mannered.

HSK 3

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哪有你置喙的地方

nǎ yǒu nǐ zhì huì de dì fāngThere's no place for you to speak.

您能不能再替我想想法子我真的不想

HSK 5

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您能不能再替我想想法子我真的不想

nín néng bù néng zài tì wǒ xiǎng xiǎng fǎ zi wǒ zhēn de bù xiǎngcan you help me? I really don't want to marry

HSK 4

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可是你父亲不会答应的

kě shì nǐ fù qīn bú huì dā yìng deBut your father won't say yes.