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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.husband's sister; sister-in-law
大姑子
husband's elder sister
小姑子
husband's younger sister
- 2
n.father's sister; aunt; one's father's sister; aunt
大姑
father's elder sister
表姑
daughter of grandmother's brother
姑母
aunt
- 3
adv.fmltentatively; for the moment
姑念
in consideration of
姑且
leave something aside for the moment
姑妄言之
Let's just say casually.
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n.fmlhusband's mother; mother-in-law
翁姑
one's husband's parents
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n.witch; nun; priestess
道姑
Taoist priestess
三姑六婆
women whose professions are either illegitimate or disreputable
尼姑
nun
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n.maiden; (country) girl
村姑
country girl
Words and phrases with 姑
- 姑爷爷[word]paternal great-aunt's husband
- 姑爷[word]a form of address for a man used by members of his wife's family
- 姑宽[word]be too tolerant
- 姑嫂[word]a woman and the wife of her brother
- 姑老爷[word]respectful form of address for a man used by members of his wife's family; husband of sister of one's maternal grandfather
- 姑姥爷[word]the husband of one's mother's paternal aunt
- 姑奶奶[word]the sister of one's paternal grandfather; married daughter
- 姑爹[word]uncle
- 姑舅[word]same as 姑表
- 姑置勿论[idiom]shelve a proposal for the moment
- 姑妄听之[idiom]might as well hear somebody out
- 姑妄言之[idiom]say something for what it is worth
- 姑息养奸[idiom]be lenient towards villains and let them grow