English Dictionary

shim-pua marriage

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A traditional form of arranged marriage in China, in which a family adopted a preadolescent daughter as a future bride for one of their preadolescent (usually infant) sons, and raised these children together.

日本語の意味

中国の伝統的な取り決め結婚の形式で、家族が未就学の娘を未来の花嫁として採用し、通常は幼児の息子とともに育て上げる婚姻制度です。

Scholars have debated how the shim-pua marriage affected women's autonomy and family dynamics in late imperial China.

学者たちは、未成年の少女を将来の花嫁として養女に迎え、通常は乳児である息子とともに育てるという中国の伝統的な取り決め婚が、女性の自立や家族の力学にどのような影響を与えたかを論じてきた。

意味（1）

A traditional form of arranged marriage in China, in which a family adopted a preadolescent daughter as a future bride for one of their preadolescent (usually infant) sons, and raised these children together.

shim-pua marriages （ plural ）