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What does 单身 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

单身 dānshēn

single; unmarried

Its characters

  1. 单 dān single
  2. 身 shēn body

In a sentence

我哥哥三十岁了,还是单身。 My older brother is thirty and still single.

光棍”,字面意思是光秃秃的棍子,口语里指没结婚的男人,现在也常常用来指单身的人。

From 双十一是怎么来的? · Where did Singles Day come from?

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