鳳凰男
Chinese
fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"; phoenix | male | ||
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trad. (鳳凰男) | 鳳凰 | 男 | |
simp. (凤凰男) | 凤凰 | 男 | |
Literally: “phoenix man”. |
Pronunciation
Noun
鳳凰男
- (neologism) man from the countryside who moves to the city (usually through admission into a university), becomes successful and usually marries an urban girl
See also
- 孔雀女 (kǒngquènǚ, “‘peacock woman’; an urban woman who marries the formerly rural ‘phoenix man’”)
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