打光棍儿 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

打光棍儿的日子

2

打光棍儿的生活

3

打了一辈子/……年光棍儿

4

只好打光棍儿

5

还在打光棍儿

Definition

打光棍儿

Literally means:

remain a bachelor

Actually means:

stay single

It especially refers to a grown-up man who is unmarried.

指成年男子未结婚，过单身汉（即光棍儿）的生活。

Example

Used as predicate and attributive, and may have other words in between. (作谓语、定语，中间可以插入别的词语)

1

Suīrán

虽然

nǚpéngyou

女朋友

tán

谈

le

了

bùshǎo

不少

,

dànshì

但是

dōu

都

méi

没

chéng

成

,

suǒyǐ

所以

tā

他

xiànzài

现在

sānshíduō

三十多

suì

岁

le

了

hái

还

zài

在

dǎ

打

guānggùnr

光棍儿

。

Although his girlfriend talked a lot, but did not make it, so he is now in his 30s and still playing bare-knuckle.

2

Dōu

都

40

suì

岁

le

了

hái

还

bù

不

jiéhūn

结婚

,

nǐ

你

zhēn

真

xiǎng

想

dá

打

yībèizi

一辈子

de

的

guānggùnr

光棍儿

ā

啊

!

They're all 40 years old and they're not married, you really want to fight a lifetime of bachelors!

3

Lǎowáng

老王

tōngguò

通过

yīzé

一则

zhēnghūn

征婚

qǐshì

启事

,

zhǎodào

找到

liǎo

了

yī

一

gè

个

piàoliang

漂亮

de

的

nǚpéngyou

女朋友

,

bùjiǔ

不久

jiē

结

le

了

hūn

婚

,

jiéshù

结束

le

了

dǎ

打

guānggùnr

光棍儿

de

的

shēnghuó

生活

。

Lao Wang through a marriage initiation, found a beautiful girlfriend, soon married, ending the life of a bachelor.