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Processed by: ycandau (2017-01-29 11:00:49 UTC)
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1. 形式婚姻简称形婚,这是近年来兴起的一种在不愿结婚者或Gay和Lesbian之间的互助婚姻模式,也就是一个男性和一个女性举行婚礼,组建家庭。

2. 形婚 (陸)
形式婚姻的簡稱。同性戀者採取的一種婚姻形式。丈夫和妻子都是同性戀者,彼此雖有夫妻之名,但不住在一起,各人有各人的生活和伴侶。也作「互助婚姻」。

3. CFDICT ~ mariage arrangé entre gays et lesbiennes pour cacher sa véritable sexualité aux membres de sa famille

4. Gays, Lesbians and "Marriages of Formality"
Summary:Sham marriages between gay men and lesbians are becoming more common in China as a way to fend off pressure from families to settle down and start a family. But these marriages bring their own challenges.
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5. Gays, Lesbians and "Marriages of Formality"
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This kind of marriage is called xinghun (形婚), literally meaning a “marriage of formality” in Chinese. It can involve little, if any, true substance. Both Y and A respectively have had hidden a girlfriend and boyfriend for years, while being constantly pressured by their parents to get married.

Gay men and lesbians often feel obliged to get married due to social pressure and traditional necessity, which can leave them in loveless sexless marriages with unwitting heterosexual partners. Now, xinghun is emerging in developed cities such as Shanghai and Beijing to solve this problem.

Through mutual cooperation, China's homosexuals and lesbians compose superficially normal families — with a man and a woman — while in reality the couple continues to have their independence. The formality of marriage is simply used to fend off exterior pressure and allow them to go on loving who they love. Indeed, it is also called a “mutual support marriage.” And they can even, through artificial insemination or adoption, have offspring.
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http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0924/250130.shtml
Diff:
+ 形婚 形婚 [xing2 hun1] /sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage/abbr. for 形式婚姻/
By MDBG 2025
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