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自zi6梳so1

zi6 so1zì shū

English

  1. female who declares she will not get married
  2. (of females in China in the past) to be determined to stay single in her whole life, signified by combing her own hair in married women's hairstyle

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中國舊時嘅一種女性風俗文化,代表自己嚟幫自己梳髻,以示自己終身不嫁

Examples

  • 自梳女

    self-combed woman; female who stays single in her whole life

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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