Definition
白虎星 (bái hǔ xīng) literally means 'white tiger star' and refers to a folk superstition that a woman born under this star brings bad luck to her husband, often leading to his early death. The term is derogatory and outdated, used to blame a woman for misfortune in marriage. It is not used in modern polite conversation.
n.
(noun, derogatory, superstitious) a woman believed to be a jinx to her husband (in Chinese folk belief)
Examples
- ，白虎星。Zài gǔdài, yǒuxiē míxìn de rén rènwéi bái hǔ huì gěi zhàngfu dàilái èyùn.In ancient times, some superstitious people believed that a white-tiger-star woman would bring bad luck to her husband.
- 白虎星，。Tā yīnwèi bèi shuōchéng bái hǔ, hūnyīn yìzhí bù shùnlì.Because she was called a white-tiger-star woman, her marriage was always unlucky.
- 白虎星。Zhè zhǒng bái hǔ de shuōfǎ qíshí shì duì nǚxìng de qíshì.This kind of white-tiger-star saying is actually discrimination against women.
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