牛郎织女

Traditional (Taiwan): 牛郎織女

niúlángzhīnǚ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ

    • Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)
    • separated lovers
    • Altair and Vega (stars)

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · In everyday use

Literally
the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl
Meaning
A married couple who live long apart. It comes from the legend of two lovers parted by the Milky Way, who meet only on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

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