豆蔻年华
豆蔻年华
dòu kòu nián huá
a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood; a budding beauty
idiom
Traditional: 豆蔻年華
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- (idiom) a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
- a budding beauty
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Related Words
豆寇年华(dòu kòu nián huá)— used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
→豆蔻(dòu kòu)— cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
→冻容(dòng róng)— "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
→一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳(yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng)— bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
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