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半糖夫妻

Mandarin · pinyin bàn táng fū qī

weekend spouse
relationship involving a sugar-daddy

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半: bàn · half
糖: táng · sugar; candy; sweets
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
妻: qī · wife

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4–2–1–1 · ban4 tang2 fu1 qi1

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noun

(neologism, slang) (upper-middle-class) couple who live apart during the work week and only spend weekends together, often as an attempt to keep the romance alive

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