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)
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
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1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
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1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
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2 a cool head in a crisis
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)
放浪不羁
fàng làng bù jī
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1 wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放浪形骸
fàng làng xíng hái
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1 to abandon all restraint (idiom)
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
浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu
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1 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
浪得虚名
làng dé xū míng
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1 to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
浪迹天涯
làng jì tiān yá
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1 to roam far and wide (idiom)
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2 to travel the world
无风三尺浪
wú fēng sān chǐ làng
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1 lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom)
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2 fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
无风不起浪
wú fēng bù qǐ làng
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1 lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason
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2 no smoke without fire
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)