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The character 婿 (xù) means son-in-law or husband. It is a phono-semantic compound. The left side has the female radical 女 (nǚ), which provides the semantic category related to marriage and family. The right side is the component 胥 (xū), meaning subordinate, which gives the character its pronunciation. The definition refers to a daughter's husband or a man who marries into a family, emphasizing the relationship from the wife's parents' viewpoint. This term is commonly used in compounds describing such kinship roles.
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他是我的女婿。
我的女婿很孝顺。
她女儿嫁给了一个好女婿。
这位女婿在公司工作很努力。
父母对女婿的表现非常满意。
虽然他是新女婿，但很快就融入了家庭。
在选择女婿时，他们考虑了多个因素。
由于女婿的杰出贡献，家族企业得以蓬勃发展。