The idiom "waiting in the boudoir"
A woman who is ready to get married but has not yet been married is called "waiting in the boudoir".
"Book of Rites·Qu Li 1": "When a woman is promised to marry, she has a hairpin."
The coming-of-age ceremony for women is several years earlier than that for men, at the age of fifteen A coming-of-age ceremony is about to be held, which is called the "hairpin ceremony". "hairpin (jī)" is a hairpin, and the hair is tied up to indicate adulthood. At this time, you need to pick a "word". After the haircut ceremony is held, the woman can get married. But during the period after the haircut ceremony and before getting married, the state of the adult woman is called "waiting for the word" or "waiting for the word in the boudoir." A woman who is not yet married is like waiting for the "word" that can only be taken when she becomes an adult, so it is called "waiting word". This is of course understood from a literal sense. The extended meaning of "word" is "a woman is allowed to marry". The word "promise to marry".
The idiom Yunying is not married
It comes from the poem "I am not famous yet you are not married". This word has an ironic meaning. The author Luo Yin used this poem to reply to the prostitute Yunying's treatment of herself. The ridicule for not having achieved academic status, mocking the older prostitute Yunying for not being married yet.