bǔ'ér

procuress

  • created sense approved 卜儿/卜兒 · bǔ'ér · old woman role — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卜儿 / 卜兒

    bǔ'ér

    old woman role

    the character role of an old woman in traditional Chinese opera

    卜 (literal) → 卜 · bǔ · old woman role 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 卜儿/卜兒 · bǔ'ér · procuress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卜儿 / 卜兒

    bǔ'ér

    procuress

    (literary) an old woman who manages a brothel or prostitutes

    卜 (literal) → 卜 · bǔ · old woman role 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense