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"ideal son-in-law" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
乘龙快婿 乘龍快婿 chéng lóng kuài xù ideal son-in-law syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn
理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect syn
孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement
公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn
怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn
外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn
女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn
志向 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration syn
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn
妙处 妙處 miào chù ideal place / suitable location / merit / advantage
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn
以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn
理想国 理想國 lǐ xiǎng guó ideal state / utopia
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn
大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn
公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law
表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn
习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law
长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son
驸马 駙馬 fù mǎ emperor's son-in-law
婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
不理想 bù lǐ xiǎng not ideal
上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])
才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn
小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn
远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn
法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn
孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son
婿 xù son-in-law / husband syn
倩 qiàn pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old) syn
执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn
孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn
儿子 兒子 ér zi son syn
儿 兒 ér child / son syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn
王子 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king syn
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter
父子 fù zǐ father and son syn
犹大 猶大 yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn
浪子 làng zǐ loafer / wastrel / prodigal son syn
外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn
长子 長子 zhǎng zǐ eldest son syn
独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn
独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child syn
爱子 愛子 ài zǐ beloved son
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn
孝子 xiào zǐ filial son syn
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
次子 cì zǐ second son
令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn
公子哥儿 公子哥兒 gōng zǐ gē r pampered son of a wealthy family syn
承继 承繼 chéng jì adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit syn
子嗣 zǐ sì son / heir syn
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person syn
孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn
逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son syn
添丁 tiān dīng to add a son to the family syn
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn
单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn
王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard (insult) / son of a bitch syn
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn
张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
多尔衮 多爾袞 duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4]
蒋经国 蔣經國 jiǎng jīng guó Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
小犬 xiǎo quǎn puppy / my son (humble)
曹丕 cáo pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
义子 義子 yì zǐ adopted son syn
曹植 cáo zhí Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss
曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
李显龙 李顯龍 lǐ xiǎn lóng Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004
庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine
阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew
求子 qiú zǐ (of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child
条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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