dài​zì​guī​zhōng

not yet betrothed

待字闺中 待字閨中 dài​zì​guī​zhōng
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

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0.090 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.147 per million

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