下嫁

(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status / to marry down

Characters and words in 下嫁

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

嫁

jià = ji + a4

(of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc)

嫁 = 女 + 家 : Bessie Coleman (女) is going to marry (嫁) Joan of Arc (ji) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) where they'll later live. They already put a "home sweet home" frame (家) on the wall.

Words with 下嫁

下嫁 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 下嫁

下嫁 currently does not appear in any sentence.