“天要下雨,娘要嫁人”中“娘”词义辨析

The Discrimination of“Mother”in“It going to rain, mother going to marry”

"天要下雨,娘要嫁人"用来指事情必然要发生,无法阻挡。其中"娘"的解释历来有不同观点。有观点认为"娘"指"寡妇";有观点认为"娘"指"未出嫁的女子";作者认为"娘"应指母亲。但此处并非母亲自己要嫁人,而是指母亲要嫁女儿,即在古代社会,有了父母之命,媒妁之言,子女就得成婚。

＂It going to rain, mother going to marry＂ refers to things that are bound to happen and can not be stopped. People have always different points of view toward the interpretation of the ＂＇mother. bomeone tlalnk that the ＂mother＂ means ＂widow＂, while others think ＂mother＂ means ＂unmarried woman＂. The authors believe that this ＂mother＂ shall mean the mother. Here is not the mother to marry, but mother to marry off her daughter.