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奉子成婚
  fung6 zi2 sing4 fan1   jyutping
  feng4 zi3 cheng2 hun1   pinyin
a shotgun marriage/wedding, a marriage forced due to unplanned pregnancy, sometime to hide the fact that a child was conceived out of wedlock

noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
奉子成婚

This word has been viewed 1633 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 12th Jun 2008 19:26 and last edited on 24th Mar 2013 05:08
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Characters in this word:

 fung6  -  present respectfully
 zi2  -  son; person; egg; young; subsidiary
 sing4 seng4  -  succeed; achieve; grow; one tenth; whole
 fan1  -  to wed; to marry; marriage; wedding
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