女大不中留
Traditional form:
女大不中留
Pinyin (reading):
nüdàbùzhōngliú
Definitions:
- when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
Characters:
- 女 - woman, girl; female
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 留 - to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message;
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