"bamboo wife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bamboo wives [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|竹夫人}} 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén) Head templates: {{en-noun|bamboo wives}} bamboo wife (plural bamboo wives)
  1. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow. Synonyms: Dutch wife
    Sense id: en-bamboo_wife-en-noun-k6AFEpmq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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