巾幗不讓鬚眉

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Chinese

woman's headdress; woman; women not; no
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
beard and eyebrows; men
trad. (巾幗不讓鬚眉) 巾幗 鬚眉
simp. (巾帼不让须眉) 巾帼 须眉

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Idiom

巾幗不讓鬚眉

  1. (of a woman) to not be worse than men; to not be inferior to men; to be as good as men