婚礼 婚禮 hūn lǐ wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3] 电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 闪电 閃電 shǎn diàn lightning / CL:道[dao4] syn 婚纱 婚紗 hūn shā wedding dress / CL:身[shen1] 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 婚约 婚約 hūn yuē engagement / wedding contract 萤火虫 螢火蟲 yíng huǒ chóng firefly / glowworm / lightning bug syn 婚宴 hūn yàn wedding reception syn 雷电 雷電 léi diàn thunder and lightning syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn 女方 nǚ fāng the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party 雷击 雷擊 léi jī lightning strike / thunderbolt 婚期 hūn qī wedding day syn 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 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 电闪 電閃 diàn shǎn lightning flashes syn 避雷针 避雷針 bì léi zhēn lightning rod 证婚人 證婚人 zhèng hūn rén wedding witness syn 风驰电掣 風馳電掣 fēng chí diàn chè fast as lightning syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 喜帖 xǐ tiě wedding invitation 证婚 證婚 zhèng hūn to be witness (at a wedding) syn 喜宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet syn 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 婚庆 婚慶 hūn qìng wedding celebration 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 婚纱摄影 婚紗攝影 hūn shā shè yǐng wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio) 喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) 避雷器 bì léi qì lightning arrester 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地 百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) 结婚纪念日 結婚紀念日 jié hūn jì niàn rì wedding anniversary 婚典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 劈手 pī shǒu with a lightning move of the hand syn 闪击 閃擊 shǎn jī lightning attack / Blitzkrieg syn 婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 劈 pī to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike syn 傧相 儐相 bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 纸婚 紙婚 zhǐ hūn paper wedding (first wedding anniversary) 银婚 銀婚 yín hūn silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary) 喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn 闪击战 閃擊戰 shǎn jī zhàn lightning war / Blitzkrieg syn 吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster syn 洞房花烛 洞房花燭 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom) syn 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / impermanent 男婚女嫁 nán hūn nǚ jià to celebrate a wedding syn 红色炸弹 紅色炸彈 hóng sè zhà dàn (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift) 落雷 luò léi lightning bolt / lightning strike 裸婚 luǒ hūn lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon 拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc 列缺 liè quē lightning (archaic word) 列缺霹雳 列缺霹靂 liè quē pī lì lightning and thunder 雷电计 雷電計 léi diàn jì brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning 雷电计图 雷電計圖 léi diàn jì tú brontograph / record of thunder and lightning 雷电行动 雷電行動 Operation Lightning Thunder 杀进杀出 殺進殺出 shā jìn shā chū to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay 交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony 喜车 喜車 xǐ chē wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride 婚筵 hūn yán wedding reception 洞房花烛夜 洞房花燭夜 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night 举行婚礼 舉行婚禮 jǔ xíng hūn lǐ to celebrate a wedding 锡婚 錫婚 xī hūn tin anniversary / aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary) 头纱 頭紗 tóu shā wedding veil / gauze headscarf or veil 份子钱 份子錢 fèn zi qián gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc) 捧花 pěng huā (wedding) bouquet 改口费 改口費 gǎi kǒu fèi a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law 贺客 賀客 hè kè guest (to a wedding etc) 吃席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) 大婚 dà hūn to have a grand wedding / to get married in lavish style 婚车 婚車 hūn chē wedding car 