idiom > parental betrothal; the two (the boy and the girl) had been engaged to each other before they were born
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Pulp for the marriage
　　Explanation: For their children during pregnancy, _set_ on marriage.
　　Usage: Contraction type; as predicate, attributive; that parents taking marriage
　　Source: "Wei Wang Baoxing Biography" Thou shalt future born of self out of all I can pulp a pro. "
　　Examples: Goddess that time nine-pregnant pregnant because of princes, who with Luo classic - if raw Princess, willing and Luo Gongzi adjourned before the marriage. ★ Qing Li Ruzhen "Flowers in the Mirror" fifty-sixth back
zhǐ fù wéi hūn
　　Old fetus still in the mother that both parents make decisions on the engagement
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No. 3
　　See "pulp for the pro."
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No. 4
　　指腹为婚（ zhǐ fù wéi hūn）
　　解 释：双方家长将腹中胎儿结为婚姻。
　　出 处：《魏书·王宝兴传》：“汝等将来所生，皆我之自出，可指腹为亲。”
　　用 法：紧缩式；作谓语、定语；指家长包揽婚姻。
　　示 例：刘心武《钟鼓楼》：“冯婉珠并不知道荀磊和杏儿‘～’的事。”
　　近义词：青梅竹马、两小无猜、娃娃亲
　　英 文 parental betrothal <the two （the boy and the girl）had been engaged to each other before they were born>
　　旧时婚姻风俗。流行于全国广大地区。即双方家长，于孩子尚未出生之时，即约定为婚姻。又有怕男女长成后，互不相认，或一方不守信诺，将衣襟裁为两幅，各执一幅为凭证者，称“指腹裁襟”或“指腹割衿”。统治者时或禁止，但无实际效用。
　　《魏书·王宝兴传》：“尚书卢遐妻，崔浩女也。初，宝兴母与遐妻俱孕，浩谓曰：‘汝等将来所生，皆我之自出，可指腹为亲。”
　　《元史·刑法志二》：“诸男女议婚，有以指腹割衿为定者，禁之。”
　　[元]关汉卿《绯衣梦》第一折：“俺两家指腹成亲，后来我家生了个女儿，唤做国香，今年十七岁；他家得了个小厮，唤做庆安，他如今穷了也。”
　　[清]俞樾《右台仙馆笔记·衢州傅翁》：“汝在孕时，与某氏指腹为婚，今其女长成，当为汝娶之。”
成语词典
　　成语名称 指腹为婚 汉语拼音 zhǐ fù wéi hūn 成语释义 在怀孕时就为子女定下婚约。 成语出处 《魏书·王宝兴传》：“汝等将来所生，皆我之自出，可指腹为亲。” 使用例句 彼时九王爷因娘娘又怀身孕，曾与骆老爷指腹为婚，倘生郡主，情愿与骆公子再续前姻。
　　★清·李汝珍《镜花缘》第五十六回
English Expression
  1. n.:  parental betrothal; the two (the boy and the girl) had been engaged to each other before they were born
Thesaurus
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