恋母情结

戀母情結

liànmǔ qíngjié

noun

Meanings

1 Oedipus complex
2 mother fixation

Characters

to love; to be attached to

Examples

HSK 2

他三十多岁了还事事听妈妈的，朋友们笑他有恋母情结。

Tā sānshí duō suì le hái shìshì tīng māma de, péngyoumen xiào tā yǒu liànmǔ qíngjié.

He's in his thirties and still does whatever his mom says, so his friends tease him about having a mother complex.

HSK 7-9

弗洛伊德提出了恋母情结的理论。

Fúluòyīdé tíchū le liànmǔ qíngjié de lǐlùn.

Freud put forward the theory of the Oedipus complex.

Tips

usage

The plain Chinese name: 恋 "to love" + 母 "mother" + 情结 "complex". The term from psychology is 俄狄浦斯情结, after Oedipus, and the female counterpart is 恋父情结, the Electra complex. In everyday talk it is a teasing label for a grown man who still lets his mother decide everything.

Stroke Order

恋 liàn

母 mǔ

情 qíng

结 jié