Definition
姻亲 refers to relatives you gain through marriage — your spouse's family and your siblings' spouses' families. It's a formal term used in family trees, legal contexts, and when specifying the type of relationship. Unlike 亲戚 (relatives in general), 姻亲 specifically excludes blood relations (血亲).
n.
relative by marriagein-law relation
Examples
- 姻亲。Wǒmen liǎng jiā shì yīn qīn guānxi.Our two families are related by marriage.
- 姻亲，。Suīrán zhǐ shì yīn qīn, dàn tāmen xiāngchǔ de hěn hǎo.Even though they're only in-laws, they get along very well.
- ，姻亲。Fǎlǜ shàng, yīn qīn hé xuèqīn de quánlì bùtóng.Legally, the rights of in-laws and blood relatives are different.
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