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嫁妝

dowry

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

jia4zhuang1 • jiàzhuāng

Alternative Pinyin

jia4zhuang5 • jiàzhuang

Meaning

Primary

dowry

Mnemonic

嫁妝 Dowry is the most effective 妝 makeup a woman can have if she wants 嫁 to marry someone, because it is said a large enough 嫁妝 dowry makes anyone stunningly beautiful.

Usage

這 是 她 媽媽 留給 她 的 嫁妝。

This is the dowry her mother left for her.

她 的 嫁妝 裡 有 很 多 家具。

Her dowry includes a lot of furniture.

一 千 美元 的 嫁妝。

A dowry of one thousand dollars.