绿帽子 (lǜ mào zi) — cuckold (figurative, a man whose wife is unfaithful)
Definition
A slang term for a cuckold — a man whose wife is cheating on him. Named after the green hat traditionally worn in yuan-dynasty brothels, which marked a man whose wife worked there.
noun
cuckold (figurative, a man whose wife is unfaithful)
Measure word · 顶
Examples
- 绿帽子。Tā jué de zì jǐ dài shàng le lǜ mào zi.He feels that he has been cuckolded.
- ，绿帽子。Bié luàn kāi wán xiào, shuō bié rén dài lǜ mào zi hěn shāng rén de.Don't make random jokes; calling someone a cuckold is very hurtful.
- 绿帽子。Zhè ge gù shi jiǎng de shì yí gè rén rú hé fā xiàn zì jǐ bèi dài le lǜ mào zi.This story is about how a man discovered he was cuckolded.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
The green hat image, not a real hat, figuratively names a man as cuckold when his wife is unfaithful.
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