前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 妻室 qī shì wife syn 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister 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 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 裙带 裙帶 qún dài waistband of a skirt / (fig.) related to the wife or another female family member 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser 法定代表人 fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc) 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 