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鳳凰男

鳳凰男

Chinese

Chinese phoenix male
trad. (鳳凰男) 鳳凰
simp. (凤凰男) 凤凰
Literally: “phoenix man”.

Noun

鳳凰男

  1. (neologism) a man from the countryside who moves to the city (usually through admission into a university), becomes successful and marries an urban girl

See also

  • 孔雀女 (“‘peacock woman’; an urban woman who marries the formerly rural ‘phoenix man’”)