"捉貓子,看貓嫲" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [漢語]

IPA: /t͡sok̚² meu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹ ,khon⁵⁵ meu̯⁵⁵ ma¹¹/ [Hakka, IPA] Forms: 捉猫子,看猫嫲 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 要娶太太,要先去探探女方的家風。
    Sense id: zh-捉貓子,看貓嫲-zh-proverb-tgC4F6Vp
  2. 比喻有其母必有其女、有其父必有其子。
    Sense id: zh-捉貓子,看貓嫲-zh-proverb-Npq9YX3d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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