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不让须眉
bù​ràng​xū​méi

to compare favorably with men

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 不让 不讓 bù​ràng
    to be no less than
    To not be inferior to; to be on par with or not lose to someone else in a comparison.
  2. 须眉 鬚眉 xū​méi
    man
    (literary) a man; male person; used as a metaphor because only men grow beards and thick eyebrows