昔为倡家女 (昔為倡家女) xī wèi chàngjiā nǚ

xī wèi chàngjiā nǚ phrase once she was a dancing-house girl
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from 古詩十九首 “Collection of Nineteen Old Poems” by 枚乘 Mei Cheng d. 140 BCE in 文選 Wen Xuan, Scroll 29 (Waley 1919, p. 60)

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