巾幗不讓鬚眉

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chinese

[edit]
woman's headdress; woman; women not; no
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
beard and eyebrows; men
trad. (巾幗不讓鬚眉) 巾幗 鬚眉
simp. (巾帼不让须眉) 巾帼 须眉

Pronunciation

[edit]

Idiom

[edit]

巾幗不讓鬚眉

  1. (of a woman) to not be worse than men; to not be inferior to men; to be as good as men