马汰嫂

马汰嫂

Literally means:

buying, washing, cooking

Actually means:

housewife

It is the homophone of the dialectic pronunciation of 买汰烧. 马, buying; 汰,washing; 嫂, cooking.

The phrase refers to a woman whose job is to do all the housework. It is used jocularly.

方言“买汰烧”的谐音。马，买菜。汰，洗衣服。嫂，烧菜做饭。

马汰嫂，指做专门家务事的女人。含诙谐的意味。