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Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「明媒正娶」 today with this free Chinese resource.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「明媒正娶」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Ming and Zheng: describe being aboveboard. It used to refer to a formal marriage.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

míng méi zhèng qǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ming4 mui4 jeng3/jing3 cheui2

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