[Ads-l] sheng nu

[Benjamin Barrett]

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> On Apr 30, 2015, at 12:57, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: sheng nu
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> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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>> "sheng nu"
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> Does this have a meaning in English? Or is its discovery left as an
> exercise for the reader? ;-)
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> 

The Wiktionary link should be in my email where I quoted myself. It means leftover woman (a woman about 25 or older who is unmarried). BB
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