徐娘半老
xú​niáng​bàn​lǎo

fading beauty

  • created reference approved 徐娘半老 → 半老徐娘 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徐娘半老 xú​niáng​bàn​lǎo

    半老徐娘 bàn​lǎo​xú​niáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 徐娘半老 · xú​niáng​bàn​lǎo · fading beauty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徐娘半老

    xú​niáng​bàn​lǎo

    fading beauty

    (idiom) a middle-aged woman who still retains traces of her youthful beauty; often carries a flirtatious or slightly derogatory nuance.

    徐娘 (literal) → 徐娘 · xú​niáng · attractive middle-aged woman 半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · partly 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · old

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

    created sense