• feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In China, the phrase 豆蔻年华 refers to a girl of 13-14. Why? Because a famous poet likened the appearance of a child prostitute’s developing vagina to a cardamom flower. Apparently that was totally fine, romantic even. I feel bad for the girl.

    Anyway here’s the flower:

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      2 months ago

      So after searching a bit, “豆蔻年华” appears to translate to “cardamom years”.

      In case anyone else thought that the post above wasn’t terribly clear.