钻石王老五�- sugar daddy

[Scoobyqueen]

Can the above expression be translated as "sugar daddy"? Any other translation suggestions gratefully appreciated.

Cheers!

[jbradfor]

My impression is that it means more along the lines of "a great catch".

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/钻石王老五

[gato]

王老五 is from a movie of the same name (starring Jiang Qing -- Madame Mao!), in which the main character is a 35-year-old bachelor. It's used now to refer to old bachelors in general.

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E8%80%81%E4%BA%94

《王老五》中的男主人公35岁还未结婚，影片中有插曲唱出了王老五的单身生活：“王老五呀王老五，说你命苦真命苦，白白活了三十五，衣裳破了没人补。哎呀呀王老五，衣裳破了没人补哇，依呀呀得儿喂，锅里有水没米煮，依呀呀得儿喂，可怜可怜王老五，天天害得相思苦……”后来“王老五”就成了大龄单身男性的代名词。

Adding 钻石 (diamond) in front makes it "eligible bachelor."

[Guoke]

I don't mind being a 王老五. 自由快活又潇洒！

[lzreading]

钻石王老五 has to be single, wealthy and considerably young (in my opinion, under 45). More important, 钻石王老五 does not chase girls, but is chased by girls. If a girl marries to a 钻石王老五, her mum will feel proud, but if she has a suger daddy, well, probably the whole family will feel ashamed because of her.

[semantic nuance]

You may consider "乾爹".

乾爹 can mean 2 different things:1. similar to godfather 2. suggar daddy.

EDIT: oops! sorry! I didn't read your post carefully. You're looking for the translation of 鑽石王老五. I thought you were asking translation of 'suggar daddy'.

Another expression like 鑽石王老五 is 黃金單身漢.

Edited March 24, 2009 at 06:33 AM by semantic nuance