舞女 (wǔ nǚ) — taxi dancer; dance-hall hostess
Definition
舞女 (wǔ nǚ) refers specifically to a woman who is paid to dance with customers in a dance hall — a cultural image of early-20th-century Shanghai, distinct from a 舞蹈演员 (dancer/performer).
noun
taxi dancerdance-hall hostess
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 舞女。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō miáo shù le jiù shàng hǎi wǔ nǚ de shēng huó.This novel describes the life of taxi dancers in old Shanghai.
- 舞女。Tā nián qīng shí céng zài wǔ tīng dāng guò wǔ nǚ.When she was young, she worked as a taxi dancer in a ballroom.
- 舞女。Hěn duō wǔ nǚ qí shí bìng bú shì zì yuàn xuǎn zé zhè fèn gōng zuò de.Many taxi dancers actually did not voluntarily choose this line of work.
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