<p>It means seven years after marriage, both husband and wife would face numerous temptations that would harm their relationship. The seven years is a vague expression, sometimes a couple gets trouble earlier, sometimes later.</p>

<p>There is a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048605/" rel="nofollow">movie</a> about this. <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%B8%83%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E7%97%92" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> has some hints too. <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/1562.htm" rel="nofollow">Its Baidu page</a> tells that it's borrowed from foreign country.</p>

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<p>There is a perfect case: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%E6%BD%98%E7%B2%B5%E6%98%8E%20%E8%91%A3#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;fp=aae465304e6319c6&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%E6%BD%98%E7%B2%B5%E6%98%8E%20%E8%91%A3%E6%BD%94%20%E4%B8%83%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E9%A4%8A" rel="nofollow">潘粵明 與 董潔</a>, matching the definition pretty well.</p>

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<p>I looked it up and something about the Seven Year Itch but I'm kind confused. Does it have any deep meaning in Chinese culture? </p>

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The etymology of this phrase is not Chinese, but comes from USA. Here's all the info you need: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/seven-year-itch.html
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What does 七年之痒 mean?
# What does 七年之痒 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-19)

I looked it up and something about the Seven Year Itch but I'm kind confused. Does it have any deep meaning in Chinese culture?

**Tags:** translation, culture, idioms
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The etymology of this phrase is not Chinese, but comes from USA. Here's all the info you need: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/seven-year-itch.html  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-08-19. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

It means seven years after marriage, both husband and wife would face numerous temptations that would harm their relationship. The seven years is a vague expression, sometimes a couple gets trouble earlier, sometimes later.

There is a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048605/) about this. [Wikipedia](http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%B8%83%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E7%97%92) has some hints too. [Its Baidu page](http://baike.baidu.com/view/1562.htm) tells that it's borrowed from foreign country.

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## Case Study

There is a perfect case: [潘粵明 與 董潔](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E6%BD%98%E7%B2%B5%E6%98%8E%20%E8%91%A3#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=aae465304e6319c6&hl=en&q=%E6%BD%98%E7%B2%B5%E6%98%8E%20%E8%91%A3%E6%BD%94%20%E4%B8%83%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E9%A4%8A), matching the definition pretty well.


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