| 酸儿辣女 |
suān ér là nǚ |
if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom) |
| 酸 |
suān |
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid |
| 儿 |
ér |
child / son |
| 儿 |
r |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |
| 辣 |
là |
old variant of 辣 |
| 辣 |
là |
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn |
| 女 |
nǚ |
female / woman / daughter |
| 女 |
rǔ |
old variant of 汝 |