剩女 leftover lady
3S lady (single, seventies, stuck)
- 李先生说,”我为什么要跟一个剩女结婚呢?
Why would I marry a woman who has been 'left behind’? - 作为一种对这些嘲弄的回应,女性们在全国范围内发起了“剩女”社交俱乐部。
In a cheeky response to the mocking title, women have launched "sheng nu" social clubs across the country. - “社会仍会把单身女性看成是‘外星人’,”陈说,“媒体也莫名其妙地给30多岁未婚女性贴上 ‘剩女’的标签。”
Society still regards unwed women ‘like aliens’ she said, “and the media somehow labels single women in their 30s as‘left on the shelf.