1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
1 like father, like son (idiom)
望女成凤
wàng nu:3 chéng fèng
1 lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)
2 fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
2 natural love between parents and children
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男扮女装
nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng
1 (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男欢女爱
nán huān nu:3 ài
1 passionate love (idiom)
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
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