妇人之仁 — Chinese idiom
妇人之仁
fù rén zhī rén
Traditional: 婦人之仁
Meaning
- excessive tendency to clemency
- soft-hearted (pejorative)
Character by character
- 妇fùmarried woman; wife
- 人rénman, person; people
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 仁rénbenevolent, humane, kind
Idioms sharing a character
- 匹夫匹妇 pǐ fū pǐ fù
- 妇姑勃溪 fù gū bó xī
- 妇孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
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