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公婆

Mandarin · pinyin gōng pó

husband's parents; parents-in-law
(dialect) a couple; husband and wife

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公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
婆: pó · old woman; grandmother

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1–2 · gong1 po2

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noun

parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents
(Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) husband and wife; married couple
(Hokkien) ancestor; predecessor
(Hokkien) spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)

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