What does this sentence mean? "Men are afraid of 369 and women are afraid of 157"?

China was very fragile from18th century to19th century, and its people were in dire straits. Some proverbs we know were produced in that difficult environment at that time. Through their years of life experience, ancestors also created an easy-to-understand folk discourse, commonly known as proverbs. . Under the environmental conditions at that time, no one had a relatively high level of education. So some proverbs will be superstitious and unreasonable.

What are we talking about here? Men are afraid of three? Six? Nine, women are afraid of one? Five or seven? This proverb means that men are most afraid that the last digit of age will reach 36 and 9. What that woman fears most is that the last digit of her age reaches 15 and 7. The reason for this statement is also well-founded, not only because of a psychological effect, but also because two saints died at the age of 73 and 84 respectively. Life and death are human nature.

This 369 not only has this meaning, but also has another meaning. I think of a game that boys often get together to play, called guessing boxing and drinking. Some games are inevitable, and you must never drive after drinking, so the first half of this sentence means to warn everyone that there is a limit to playing games and drinking too much, otherwise it will delay important events. This five-seven refers to women playing mahjong together. There is a key point of winning cards, that is, there is no chance of winning cards when you meet 157, so women are afraid of these numbers.

Women are also warned here to play games with others, and the entertainment should be moderate and not excessive, because entertainment will delay their own major events. There is news that a mother played mahjong and forgot the time. She didn't open the child from the car door and suffocated the child. It was summer, and the weather was so hot that the children choked. Therefore, we must do things moderately, play moderately, and distinguish what is more important. If you are playful, you will only bring yourself some trouble.