男女
nán nu:3
Pinyin

Definition

男女
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nán nu:3
  1. male-female
  2. male and female

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
男
nán
  1. 1 male
  2. 2 Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (18)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
女大不中留
nǚ dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nǚ dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nǚ bàn nán zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那也不见得，有些大户人家还是会先用这样的方式给子女找对象，中国传统的婚姻就是主张“门当户对”的，只不过古代的相亲是说了媒，让双方的家人见面，现在的相亲是男女双方和家人一块儿见面。
nà yě bùjiànde ，yǒuxiē dàhù rénjiā háishì huì xiān yòng zhèyàng de fāngshì gěi zǐnǚ zhǎo duìxiàng ，Zhōngguó chuántǒng de hūnyīn jiùshì zhǔzhāng “méndānghùduì ”de ，zhǐ bùguò gǔdài de xiàngqīn shì shuō le méi ，ràng shuāngfāng de jiārén jiànmiàn ，xiàn zài de xiàngqīn shì nánnǚ shuāngfāng hé jiārén yīkuàir jiànmiàn 。
Not necessarily, some wealthy families still resort to this kind of thing first to find partners for their sons and daughters. Traditional Chinese marriages advocated unions between families of similar social stature, it's just that in ancient times the arranged dates involved letting the families of the two parties meet after a match was made, now the arranged blind dates involve the two parties and their families meeting together.
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现代的媒人不那么讲究了吧，不过现在的相亲主要是让男女双方见个面看喜不喜欢对方吧。
xiàndài de méirén bù nàme jiǎngjiu le ba ，bùguò xiàn zài de xiàngqīn zhǔyào shì ràng nánnǚ shuāngfāng jiàngèmiàn kàn xǐbùxǐhuān duìfāng ba 。
Now there aren't so many requirements for matchmakers, but family-arranged dates are now more about letting the man and woman meet to see if they like one another.
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你说得是！那对狗男女，贱人就是矫情！出轨就出轨，还这么讲究创意和情调。
nǐ shuō de shì ！nà duì gǒu nánnǚ ，jiànrén jiùshì jiǎoqíng ！chūguǐ jiù chūguǐ ，hái zhème jiǎngjiu chuàngyì hé qíngdiào 。
Yes, you're right! That cheating couple! Hussy's are always cunning like that. If you're going to cheat, just cheat, what's with all the creativity and romance!
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哈，我想到了，元宵节的时候那么热闹，大家都出来赏灯，写灯联，猜灯谜，有情的男女正可以趁这个机会出来约会呀！
hā ，wǒ xiǎngdào le ，yuánxiāojié de shíhou nàme rènao ，dàjiā dōu chūlái shǎng dēng ，xiě dēnglián ，cāi dēngmí ，yǒu de nánnǚ zhèng kěyǐ chèn zhè ge jīhuì chūlái yuēhuì ya ！
Ha. I know why! Around the time of Lantern Festival it is so bustling and everyone is admiring all the lanterns, writing lantern couplets and guessing the riddles on lanterns. So guys and girls in love could take the opportunity to meet!
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那你们圣诞节做什么呢？听起来好像都要跟朋友或男女朋友出去玩。
nà nǐmen shèngdànjié zuò shénme ne ？tīng qǐlai hǎoxiàng dōuyào gēn péngyou huò nánnǚpéngyou chūqù wán 。
What do you do on Christmas? It sounds like you go out with your friends or your girlfriend or boyfriend.
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有可能哦，旺季的时候，男男女女几十个人挤在一个池子里。
yǒu kěnéng o ，wàngjì de shíhou ，nánnánnǚnǚ jǐshí gè rén jǐ zài yī gè chízi lǐ 。
It's possible. During the peak season, tens of men and women are all crowded together in one pool.
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这些男男女女围着女娲跳跃欢呼，给大地带来了生机。男男女女又互相配合，生儿育女，使人类能够不断地繁衍下去。
zhèxiē nánnánnǚnǚ wéi zhe Nǚwā tiàoyuè huānhū ，gěi dàdì dàilái le shēngjī 。nánnánnǚnǚ yòu hùxiāng pèihé ，shēng ér yù nǚ ，shǐ rénlèi nénggòu búduàn de fányǎn xiàqu 。
These men and women surrounded Nu Wa cheering and jumping, bringing vitality to the earth. The men and women worked together and bore and raised children, ensuring that humanity would continue to multiply and thrive.
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男女思维方式差异也很大。
nánnǚ sīwéi fāngshì chāyì yě hěn dà 。
The difference in ways of thinking between men and women is very great.
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提倡男女平等。
tíchàng nánnǚ píngděng 。
It advocated gender equality.
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