逼良为娼 — Chinese idiom
逼良为娼
bī liáng wéi chāng
Traditional: 逼良為娼
Meaning
- to force an honest girl into prostitution
- to debauch
Character by character
- 逼bīto bother, to pressure; to compel, to force
- 良liánggood, virtuous, respectable
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 娼chāngprostitute, harlot
Idioms sharing a character
- 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
- 丧尽天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng
- 广结良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán
- 挚友良朋 zhì yǒu liáng péng
- 良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng
- 良工心苦 liáng gōng xīn kǔ
- 良师益友 liáng shī yì yǒu
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