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食井水
sik6 zeng2 seoi2 |
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(orig. of boat society women) to marry into a dry-land family; → (of women) to marry into a family of higher social class; to marry into a family of means and to live comfortably because of it; (of female prostitutes, a euphemism) to marry | Literally, "to consume well-water", the inference is that the woman is no longer sourcing her drinking and cooking water from rivers and streams, but from wells, as dry-land people traditionally do | Also: 埋街食井水; 埋街 |
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Characters in this word:食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food井 zeng2 zing2 - a well; neat; orderly 水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money) 1 compounds containing this word:埋街食井水 - (of women) to marry up |
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