士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 (士為知己者死，女為悅己者容)
shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nu:3 wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng
Pinyin

Definition

士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 (士為知己者死，女為悅己者容)
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shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nu:3 wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng
  1. a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

内容
nèi róng
  1. 1 content
  2. 2 substance
  3. 3 details
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 项 xiàng
女
nǚ
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
女孩
nǚ hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
容易
róng yì
  1. 1 easy
  2. 2 likely
  3. 3 liable (to)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)