待字闺中 dàizìguīzhōng not yet betrothed Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 待字闺中 待字閨中 dàizìguīzhōng not yet betrothed (of a young woman) not yet engaged or married; literally "staying in the girl's room waiting for a style name", referring to the ancient custom where a woman received a courtesy name only upon becoming engaged Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.147 per million Cross-References Referenced by 待字 dàizì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
待字闺中 待字閨中 dàizìguīzhōng not yet betrothed (of a young woman) not yet engaged or married; literally "staying in the girl's room waiting for a style name", referring to the ancient custom where a woman received a courtesy name only upon becoming engaged Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.147 per million Cross-References Referenced by 待字 dàizì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)