妇人之仁 — Chinese idiom

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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