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岳母

yuèmǔ

mother-in-law

A woman pours tea for a young couple at a table.
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Characters in this word

岳 yuè

Strokes
8
Radical
山 — mountain, hill, peak
Made of
丘 mound, hill 山 mountain, hill, peak
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 岳

母 mǔ

Strokes
5
Radical
母 — mother
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 母

Example phrases

  • 岳母担心小两口压力太大,主动提出每周帮他们照看孩子。 Yuèmǔ dānxīn xiǎo liǎngkǒu yālì tài dà, zhǔdòng tíchū měi zhōu bāng tāmen zhàokàn háizi. His mother-in-law worried that the young couple were under too much pressure and offered to help look after the child each week.
  • 结婚以后,我和岳母的关系一直处得很好。 Jiéhūn yǐhòu, wǒ hé yuèmǔ de guānxì yīzhí chǔ de hěn hǎo. Since getting married, my relationship with my mother-in-law has always been very good.
  • 周末我们常去岳母家吃饭,一家人聊得很开心。 Zhōumò wǒmen cháng qù yuèmǔ jiā chīfàn, yī jiā rén liáo de hěn kāixīn. On weekends we often go to my mother-in-law's home for dinner, and the whole family chats happily.

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