汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 待字閨中
dài zì guī zhōng
待字閨中 (待字闺中)
not betrothed yet / One's daughter is still unmarried. / waiting in the boudoir to be betrothed
字 Betroth / 闺 Women's bedroom / Stay in the boudoir, waiting for Xu to marry / The old refers to women waiting to be employed as adults
待 dài/dāi 字 zì 闺 (閨) guī 中 zhōng/zhòng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

难道你不知道她还待字闺中吗？

Don't you know she is a Diana?

这是一首待字闺中的女子求偶情诗，“伊人”是想象中的男性形象。

After analyzing the text thoroughly this paper comes to the conclusion that because the poem expresses the female's love, Yiren is a male whom the unmarried young woman loses.

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