男尊女卑 — Chinese idiom
男尊女卑
nán zūn nǚ bēi
Meaning
- to regard men as superior to women
Character by character
- 男nánman, boy; male; baron; surname
- 尊zūnto honor, to respect, to venerate
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 卑bēihumble, low, inferior; to despise
Idioms sharing a character
- 一男半女 yī nán bàn nǚ
- 女扮男装 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng
- 男扮女装 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng
- 男欢女爱 nán huān nǚ ài
- 红男绿女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ
- 绿女红男 lǜ nǚ hóng nán
- 重男轻女 zhòng nán qīng nǚ
- 阅男无数 yuè nán wú shù
- 妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
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