I’ve tried to come up with English terms that convey the same meaning as Chinese ones. Expect a lot more of compound words with hyphens in future chapters. Wife-of-grandson and granddaughter-in-law …… …… do people ever use terms such as grandniece-in-law?

  步摇: a certain kind of hair adornment that has tassels or other parts that sway with movement, hence the term step-shake

  全福 (Complete fortune, or whole fortune) means that a person has the good fortunes of parents, daughters, and has love between spouses, and harmonious relationships between brothers and sisters. A “Good Fortune” person is used during a marriage ceremony to request that the future couple will have auspicious fortune.

  喜秤: joy measure, a stick used to lift the veil in a marriage ceremony.