The word "waiting in the boudoir" means to stay in the boudoir and wait for marriage.
Explanation of the idiom: Waiting in the boudoir, Chinese idiom, word: betrothed; boudoir: the inner room where a woman lives. Waiting in the boudoir to be betrothed. Refers to a woman who has not yet been engaged. Metaphorical product, etc. not sold.
Detailed explanation: "Book of Rites·Qu Lishang": "A woman's name is given to her hairpin when she is promised to marry." It means that a woman's name is given only when she is married. Later, the word "waiting" was used to refer to a woman who was waiting for marriage. Sun Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Pisces Pendant·Being Employed": Although the little girl is waiting for a child, I have no one to live by, so she has to marry into my wife. "Yetan Suilu·Huo Yun" by He Bang'e of the Qing Dynasty: I am a widow with no children, and I have a daughter named Yichun, who is only eighteen years old. Zhu Xiang's poem "Wang Jiao": You have now reached the age of waiting for marriage. Men must get married, and women must settle down.
Origin of the idiom
1. "Book of Rites: Qu Li Shang": When a woman proposes to marry, she wears her hair straight.
2. Raised a daughter who is as beautiful as pearls. She is not only very talented and beautiful, but also has a pair of small feet. She is now seventeen years old and is waiting for purgation. ——The second chapter of "Twenty Years of Prosperity Dream" by Huang Xiaopei of the Qing Dynasty
Idiom usage: more formal; used as predicate and attributive; with a complimentary meaning.
Examples of idioms: This woman is eighteen years old, has a quick mind, is unparalleled in beauty, and is waiting for her to be in the boudoir.
中文翻译
1. Ms. Huang is waiting for the word "boudoir". If you are interested, I can introduce it to you.
2. Don’t you know that she is still in the boudoir?
3. This is a courtship love poem for a woman who is waiting to be married. The "Yiren" is an imaginary male image.
4. Three daughters are waiting for marriage, and two of the younger daughters have not yet grown up. He has witnessed my marriage, and now he wants to lead his daughters to marriage.
5. She has suffered from a disease since she was a child. Although she has outstanding appearance, she still has to wait for a child.
6. Your sister is still waiting to be married.
7. The third girl has already made a promise and is waiting to be married. She will get married this winter and next spring, so she must prepare some dowry.