三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
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1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
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1 to be discontented with one's home
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2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
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1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
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2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
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3 to attain a higher level
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
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1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
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1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
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1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
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2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
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1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
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1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
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1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
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2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
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1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
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1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
引狼入室
yǐn láng rù shì
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1 to show the wolf into the house (idiom)
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2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
望女成凤
wàng nu:3 chéng fèng
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1 lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)
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2 fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
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1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男扮女装
nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng
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1 (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男欢女爱
nán huān nu:3 ài
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1 passionate love (idiom)
登堂入室
dēng táng rù shì
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1 from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
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2 to go to the next level
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3 to attain a higher level
神女有心,襄王无梦
shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
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1 lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
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2 (said of a woman's unrequited love)
空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
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1 empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
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2 scorched earth policy