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Meaning of 及笄

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及 jí 笄 jī
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
Example Sentences
1
虽然中国古代有及笄礼
,
我从来没有听说过任何女同学庆祝过自己进入成年
。
Although in the ancient times, China had a "hair-do ceremony" for girls, I never heard about any of my female classmates celebrating her entering womanhood.
2
迪氏及笄之年后唯着白裳
,
然有幸一睹其身影之寥寥数人亦不过偶拾白纱一瞥
。
迪氏一生
,
付梓之诗仅十首
。
Few got so much as a glimpse of her white dress - as an adult she only wore white - and only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime.