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及笄
 
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jí jī
  • to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)

及笄 jí jī

及笄
1 笄,发簪。古代女子年满十五岁而束发加笄,表示成年。后世遂称女子适婚年龄为「及笄」。明.汤显祖《牡丹亭.第一○出》:「年已及笄,不得早成佳配。」

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