In the days when parental opinion was a major factor in deciding on marriage, suitors who failed to make an impression with their beloved might turn their attention to her mother and father. A few happy games of mahjongg could make them see the young man in a far more favorable light.
在以前，父母意見對婚事仍有決定性影響時，有些人追女朋友追不上，便轉而向她父母下功夫﹘ ﹘陪他們打麻將，讓老人家心花怒放，也就「看女婿，越看越有趣」。