"破瓜" meaning in Chinese

See 破瓜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: pòguā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pòguā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], pògua [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pʻo⁴-kua¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pwò-gwā [Mandarin, Yale], pohgua [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], погуа [Mandarin, Palladius], pogua [Mandarin, Palladius], phaH kwae [Middle-Chinese]
Etymology: The shape of the character 瓜 can be decomposed into two 八 (“eight”), thus “breaking 瓜” is used to refer to reaching the age of 8+8 (=16) for girls, and 8×8 (=64) for men. First attested in the 4ᵗʰ century. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*瓜}} 瓜, {{zh-l|*八|eight}} 八 (“eight”), {{lang|zh|瓜}} 瓜, {{etydate/the|4ᵗʰ century}} the 4ᵗʰ century, {{etydate|4ᵗʰ century}} First attested in the 4ᵗʰ century Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 破瓜
  1. (literary, of a girl) to reach the age of 16; to come of age Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-破瓜-zh-verb-3QjHNEgO
  2. (literary, euphemistic, of a girl) to lose one's virginity Tags: euphemistic, literary
    Sense id: en-破瓜-zh-verb-~cqltmTG Categories (other): Chinese euphemisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms making reference to character shapes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 69 2 Disambiguation of Chinese terms making reference to character shapes: 22 64 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 42 2 1 1 3 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 49 1 1 1 2 26
  3. (literary, of a man, rare) to reach the age of 64 Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-破瓜-zh-verb-4PsvCobc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 破身 (english: to have sexual intercourse for the first time), 開瓜 (english: to take a woman's virginity), 开瓜 (english: to take a woman's virginity) 
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          "english": "I am Mother Lee. My daughter Fragrant has come of age and I am worried day and night to find for her a life companion.",
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          "ref": " 1708, Kong Shangren, The Peach Blossom Fan, translated by Xu Yuanchong",
          "roman": "Qièshēn Lǐ Zhēnlì, zhǐ yīn hái'ér Xiāngjūn, nián jí pòguā, shūlóng wúrén, rìyè fàngxīnbùxià.",
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