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提親事

简提亲事 · 繁提親事

Mandarin · pinyin tí qīn shì

to propose marriage

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提: tí · hold in hand; lift in hand
親: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
亲: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree

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2–1–4 · ti2 qin1 shi4

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tai4 can1 si6

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to propose marriage

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