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七年之痒

七年之癢
qīniánzhīyǎng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 the seven-year itch
  2. 2 marital restlessness around the seven-year mark

Examples

他们结婚七年了，正好遇上七年之痒。
Tāmen jiéhūn qī nián le, zhènghǎo yùshàng qīnián zhī yǎng.
They've been married seven years and hit the seven-year itch right on schedule.
心理学家认为七年之痒有一定道理。
Xīnlǐxuéjiā rènwéi qīnián zhī yǎng yǒu yídìng dàolǐ.
Psychologists think the seven-year itch has some basis.

Tips

culture
A calque of the English phrase, which was popularized by the 1955 Billy Wilder film 'The Seven Year Itch' starring Marilyn Monroe. CC-CEDICT lists the phrase with this sense; not a classical chengyu and absent from 新华成语词典.

In Pop Culture

七年之痒 Qī Nián Zhī Yǎng
The Seven Year Itch
The title under which the 1955 Billy Wilder / Marilyn Monroe film was released in Chinese; the rendering fixed the phrase in modern Chinese usage.

Stroke Order

七 qī
年 nián
之 zhī
痒 yǎng