外祖母
外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ ngoi6 zou2 mou5 流利級 · Level 5
- mother's mother
- maternal grandmother
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More words with these characters
外
祖
母
- 伯母 bó mǔ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ baak3 mou5 wife of father's elder brother
- 字母 zì mǔ ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ zi6 mou5 letter (of the alphabet)
- 岳母 yuè mǔ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄨˇ ngok6 mou2 wife's mother, mother-in-law
- 师母師母 shī mǔ ㄕ ㄇㄨˇ si1 mou5 term of respect for a teacher's wife
- 母女 mǔ nǚ ㄇㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ mou5 neoi5 mother and daughter
- 母子 mǔ zǐ ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ mou5 zi2 mother and child
Idioms with these characters
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài ㄤˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ngong4 sau2 tin1 ngoi6 (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens
- 吃里扒外吃裡扒外 chī lǐ pá wài ㄔ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄨㄞˋ hek3 leoi5 paa4 ngoi6 (idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
- 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ sung4 joeng4 mei6 ngoi6 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
- 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài ㄔㄨ ㄏㄨ ㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ ceot1 fu4 ji3 ngoi6 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ ceot1 jan4 ji3 ngoi6 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected