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喜結良緣

简喜结良缘 · 繁喜結良緣

Mandarin · pinyin xǐ jié liáng yuán

(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union

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喜: xǐ · like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
結: jié · knot, tie; join, connect
良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
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结: jié · knot, tie; join, connect
缘: yuán · hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

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3–2–2–2 · xi3 jie2 liang2 yuan2

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verb

to get married happily; to joyfully tie the knot

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