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待字
dài​zì

to await betrothal

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待字 dài​zì
to await betrothal
(literary) (of a woman) to be of age but not yet engaged to be married; literally refers to the ancient custom where a woman was given a style name only after she became engaged

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0.011 per million

Cross-References

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  • 待字闺中 dài​zì​guī​zhōng

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)