Complements on getting Married

Verb compliments are the key to idiomatic Chinese actions.

娶 -- [male] to marry

嫁 -- [female] to marry

一輩子都嫁不出來。

[You'll never find yourself a husband].

我娶不起講究排場的女人。

[I can't afford to marry a woman who cares about her social standing].

喜宴的菜這麼多，連世界最餓的人都吃不了。

[There's so much food at the wedding banquet that even the hungriest person on earth couldn't finish it all].

我結婚只有三天可是已經受不了了。

[I've only been married for three days and I already can't stand it].

我太太不願意戴眼鏡，看不見烹飪書的食譜。

[My wife is not willing to wear glasses, so she can't read any of the recipes in the cookbook].

夫婦吵架的時候想不開。

[Married couples don't think things through when they're fighting].

他把情婦的肚子又弄大了。

[He got her mistress pregnant again].