an ancient custom of sacrificing a young beautiful girl to be the wife of the river god
Related Translations:
娶: 动词(把女子接过来成亲) marry (a woman); take to wife 短语和例子他还没有娶妻。 he has not taken a wife. 他娶了妻子并跟她生了两个女儿。 he married a wife by whom he had two daughters. 他娶她为妻。 he got her for his wife