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嫂
[sǎo]
名
【本义】: 兄之妻
[En.] Elder brother's wife
【造字法】: 形声。从女,叟声。
[En.] The character is phono-semantic, composed of the woman radical (女) and the sound element (叟).
【释义】:
1. 同本义
[En.] Elder brother's wife
例: ~~,~子,兄~
Example: (directly referring to elder brother’s wife).
2. 对年纪较大的已婚妇女的敬称
[En.] A respectful term for married women who are older.
例: 大~,~夫人(对朋友妻子的尊称)
Example: (referring respectfully to a friend's wife).
【引】:
1. 《说文》:嫂,兄妻也。
[En.] "The Shuowen" states that '嫂' means elder brother's wife.
2. 《尔雅》:女子谓兄之妻为嫂。
[En.] "The Erya" states that a woman refers to her elder brother's wife as '嫂'.
3. 《礼记太传》:是嫂亦可谓之母乎?
[En.] "The Book of Rites" discusses whether a sister-in-law can also be referred to as mother.
4. 《史记·苏秦列传》:兄弟嫂妹妻妾皆窃笑之。
[En.] "Records of the Grand Historian" mentions that brothers and their sisters-in-law, along with wives and concubines, all secretly laughed at it.
【例】:
又如: 表嫂; 大嫂; 嫂溺叔援
Example: (related terms) such as cousin sister-in-law, elder sister-in-law, and the idiom referencing ethical considerations when rescuing a sister-in-law.
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