bamboo wife
nounEtymology
Calque from Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).
- derived from 竹夫人
Definitions
In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human…
In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.
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