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Trad. 錫婚
- tin anniversary; aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary)
Trad. 試婚
- trial marriage
- to live together before deciding whether to marry
- (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time
- second marriage
- person who remarries
- sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻[xing2 shi4 hun1 yin1])
Trad. 隱婚
- to be married but keep it secret from family, colleagues or the general public
- matchmaking; marriage introduction service (abbr. for 婚姻介紹|婚姻介绍[hun1 yin1 jie4 shao4])
- posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
Trad. 婚驢
- (derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
Trad. 閃婚
- to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚[shan3 dian4 jie2 hun1]) (neologism c. 2005)
- to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
- lit. naked wedding
- no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
Trad. 二婚頭
- remarried lady (contemptuous term)
- lady who marries for a second time
- matchmaking agency; dating service (abbr. for 婚姻介紹所|婚姻介绍所[hun1 yin1 jie4 shao4 suo3])
- formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
Trad. 包辦婚姻
- forced marriage
- arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
- (idiom) to marry because of an unplanned pregnancy
Trad. 婚紗攝影
- wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
Trad. 指腹為婚
- to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
Trad. 閃電結婚
- to get married soon after meeting
Trad. 新婚宴爾
- variant of 新婚燕爾|新婚燕尔[xin1 hun1 yan4 er3]
Trad. 新婚燕爾
- (idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married
Trad. 結婚生子
- to get married and have kids; to start a family
Trad. 事實婚姻
- de facto marriage; common-law marriage
Trad. 小別勝新婚
- reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
Trad. 結婚紀念日
- wedding anniversary
Trad. 婚前財產公證
- prenuptial agreement
- dowry contract