不让须眉 — Chinese idiom
不让须眉
bù ràng xū méi
Traditional: 不讓鬚眉
Meaning
- to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
- to be a match for men
- lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 让ràngto allow, to permit, to yield
- 须xūbeard; must; necessary
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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