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The character "婆" is structured as a phono-semantic compound with the "女" radical at its base, semantically linking it to women, while the upper component, derived from "波", historically functions as a phonetic indicator that has experienced graphical simplification. Etymologically, it originally denoted an old woman in a broad sense, but its meaning narrowed over time to specify familial roles such as mother-in-law or grandmother, and it later acquired informal usage referring to a wife in colloquial expressions.
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我的老婆很温柔。
外婆给我讲故事。
婆婆和媳妇关系很好。
她嫁入了富裕的婆家。
婆罗门是印度的一种姓。
树叶在风中婆娑起舞。
老婆婆慢慢地走过街道。
婆媳之间的矛盾很难解决。