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)
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
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)
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
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)
神女有心,襄王无梦
shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
1 lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
2 (said of a woman's unrequited love)
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
姜还是老的辣
jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
1 ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
2 the older, the wiser
重男轻女
zhòng nán qīng nu:3
1 to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
金童玉女
jīn tóng yù nu:3
1 lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)
2 attendants of the Daoist immortals
3 fig. lovely young children
4 a golden couple
5 (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
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