归宁
ɡuī nínɡ
- 动 visit her parents
归宁 归宁
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[(of married women) go back to paternal home for a visit, (rarely of men) visit with one's parents] 回家省亲。多指已嫁女子回娘家看望父母
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归宁父母。——《诗·周南·葛覃》
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吾妻归宁,述诸小妹语曰:“闻姊家有阁子,且何谓阁子也?”——明· 归有光《项脊轩志》
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吾妻归宁，述诸小妹语曰：“闻姊家有阁子，且何谓阁子也？”其后六年，吾妻死，室坏不修。
When she returned from her visit to her parents she told me what her sisters had asked : " We hear there is a chamber in your home , but what is a chamber really ? " Six years later my wife died . The condition of the room worsened and I left it as it was .