budget husband

Nonetheless, a budget husband is the new ideal among Chinese female white-collar workers.

不过，经济适用男据说是中国女性白领们新近的理想对象。

More and more women now tend to seek a "budget husband" instead of wealthy men just as home buyers now look for budget houses rather than villas during the economic crisis.

现在越来越多的女性不再想着找“金龟婿”了，而是倾向于找“经济适用男”（简称“经适男”）做老公。

The word "budget husband" originates from the word "budget housing", government subsidized public housing for low-income households.

“经济适用男”一词来源于“经济适用房”，即政府为低收入家庭出资提供的公共性住房。

The 2009 publication of the book Me and My Budget Husband popularized the term, and its 2012 transformation into a TV drama series fueled the term's further spread.

2009年，一本名为《我和我的经济适用男》的书让这个说法得到普及，而2012年这本书改编的电视剧让这个词被更多人熟知。

More and more women now tend to seek a "budget husband" instead of wealthy men.

现在越来越多的女性不再想找“金龟婿”，而是倾向于找“经济适用男”做老公。