门当户对 meaning in English
a marriage between families of equal social rank; couples coming from families of equal status; (families related by marriage) equal in social status; marry into a proper family; marry one's own kind of people; (of two related families linked by marriage) of equal status [prestige]; the families of the bride and bridegroom are of equal position in the social scale.; the two families are fairly well matched.; the two families are of equal rank.; two families match in social status.; well-matched in social and economic status
Examples
- You are equal to him in position and in money .
在地位和金钱方面你和他倒是门当户对的。 - He could meet a good sort of young woman in the same rank as his own .
他能找到个门当户对的好姑娘。 - He anxiously desired to have his niece married, to make for her a suitable match .
他亟想把他内侄女嫁出去，给他找个门当户对的配偶。 - Elizabeth : it is a smart match . he ' s a fine man
我们是门当户对，他的确是个很棒的人 - " you do not mean to say that it would not be a good match ?
“您该不会说那不是门当户对的一对儿吧？ ”