Chinese Word: 奁 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

奁 (Trad.: 奩)

Pinyin: lián

English Definition: bridal trousseau

Chinese Definition:
①女子梳妆用的镜匣，泛指精巧的小匣子：妆奁(嫁资)。印奁。奁资(女子出嫁时，从娘家带到婆家的财物)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 大

Ideographic:A man 大 packing a suitcase 区

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 大 [ dà ] big, great, vast, high, deep
- 区 [ qū ] area, district, region, ward; surname

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Example Words

	妆奁	zhuāng lián	trousseau; lady's dressing case
	陪奁	péi lián	dowry

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Example Sentences

1		tā 她 zì jǐ 自己 jiù shì 就是 yī 一 zhù 注 wú jià 无价 de 的 jià lián 嫁奁。 She is herself a dowry.
2		sān 三 gè 个 nǚ ér 女儿 jiāng jìn 将近 chū jià 出嫁 le 了， tā 他 wèi 为 méi yǒu qián 没有钱 gěi 给 tā men 她们 mǎi 买 jià lián 嫁奁 ér 而 nán áo 难熬。 The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters.
3		tā 她 yǒu 有 huáng jīn 黄金 hé 和 zhēn zhū 珍珠 zuò 做 lián 奁 zī 资， bú guò 不过 tā 她 de 的 huáng jīn 黄金 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 tóu shàng 头上， zhēn zhū 珍珠 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 kǒu zhōng 口中。 She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
4		xià céng 下层 dǐ pàn 底板 qiàn 嵌 fàng 放 jiǔ 九 gè 个 xiǎo 小 lián 奁 hé 盒， zhuāng yǒu 装有 yān zhī 胭脂、 yóu cǎi 油彩、 bái fěn 白粉 děng 等 gè zhǒng 各种 huà zhuāng pǐn 化妆品。 The other storey has nine smaller boxes which used to contain rouge, oil paint, white powder and other cosmetics.
5		zhè tào 这套 jīng měi 精美 de 的 huà zhuāng hé 化妆盒 jiù shì 就是 xīn zhuī 辛追 fū ren 夫人 shēng qián 生前 suǒ yòng 所用 de 的， jiào zuò 叫做 “ shuāng céng 双层 jiǔ 九 zǐ 子 qī 漆 lián 奁 ” 。 This beautiful box named two-tiered lacquer cosmetic box with nine smaller boxes, it was used by Xin Zhui before her death.

More Sentences

1		tā 她 zì jǐ 自己 jiù shì 就是 yī 一 zhù 注 wú jià 无价 de 的 jià lián 嫁奁。 She is herself a dowry.
2		sān 三 gè 个 nǚ ér 女儿 jiāng jìn 将近 chū jià 出嫁 le 了， tā 他 wèi 为 méi yǒu qián 没有钱 gěi 给 tā men 她们 mǎi 买 jià lián 嫁奁 ér 而 nán áo 难熬。 The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters.
3		tā 她 yǒu 有 huáng jīn 黄金 hé 和 zhēn zhū 珍珠 zuò 做 lián 奁 zī 资， bú guò 不过 tā 她 de 的 huáng jīn 黄金 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 tóu shàng 头上， zhēn zhū 珍珠 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 kǒu zhōng 口中。 She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
4		xià céng 下层 dǐ pàn 底板 qiàn 嵌 fàng 放 jiǔ 九 gè 个 xiǎo 小 lián 奁 hé 盒， zhuāng yǒu 装有 yān zhī 胭脂、 yóu cǎi 油彩、 bái fěn 白粉 děng 等 gè zhǒng 各种 huà zhuāng pǐn 化妆品。 The other storey has nine smaller boxes which used to contain rouge, oil paint, white powder and other cosmetics.
5		zhè tào 这套 jīng měi 精美 de 的 huà zhuāng hé 化妆盒 jiù shì 就是 xīn zhuī 辛追 fū ren 夫人 shēng qián 生前 suǒ yòng 所用 de 的， jiào zuò 叫做 “ shuāng céng 双层 jiǔ 九 zǐ 子 qī 漆 lián 奁 ” 。 This beautiful box named two-tiered lacquer cosmetic box with nine smaller boxes, it was used by Xin Zhui before her death.

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