bamboo wife

Questions

What does bamboo wife mean?

In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.

Where does bamboo wife come from?

Calque from Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).

How to pronounce bamboo wife

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