Chinese
槟榔西施 / 檳榔西施 [bīnglangXīshī]
betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth (Tw)
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榔
ロウ 랑
betel-nut tree
西
xi にし 서
west
西施
Xīshī
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sìdàměinǚ], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[GōuJiàn] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
施
shī ほどこ.す 시
grant, bestow
檳
ビン 빈
betel-nut
檳榔
bīnglang びろう
betel palm (Areca catechu)