十月芥菜——起心

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Chinese

October; The modern name of the tenth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese mustard to rise; to raise; to get up heart; mind
trad. (十月芥菜——起心) 十月 芥菜 ——
simp. #(十月芥菜——起心) 十月 芥菜 ——
alternative forms 十月芥菜——起嗮心
Literally: “October Chinese mustard ― start a mind”.

Etymology

Chinese mustard is almost ready to be harvested in the winter, thus one that is grown til October has just grown out a core, thus started to have a core (mind).

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Idiom

十月芥菜——起心

  1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to describe a teenage girl who hopes to have a love relationship with a man