大姑娘坐花轿头一回

大姑娘坐花轿头一回:

Original meaning:

do sth for the first time.

Extended meaning:

Literally it means the first time for an unmarried woman to take the decorated sedan.

According to the old custom, daguniang (an unmarried woman) married to his husband's family in a huajiao (beautiful sedan decorated by the husband's family).

She has never taken the huajiao before her marriage. The phrase refers to doing sth for the first time.

按旧时习俗，大姑娘（未婚女子）是坐花轿（男方装饰漂亮的轿子）嫁到男方家里的。

这是她们到了出嫁时才遇到的事情。比喻第一次做某事。