wáng​lǎo​wǔ

bachelor

  • created sense approved 王老五 · wáng​lǎo​wǔ · bachelor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    王老五

    wáng​lǎo​wǔ

    bachelor

    a joking or informal way to refer to a single man, especially one who is older; literally "the fifth child of the Wang family"

    王 (literal) → 王 · wáng · Wang 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · [ordinal prefix] 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · fifth

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