不让须眉
bù​ràng​xū​méi

to compare favorably with men

  • created reference approved 不让须眉/不讓鬚眉 → 须眉/鬚眉 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不让须眉 / 不讓鬚眉 bù​ràng​xū​méi

    须眉 / 鬚眉 xū​méi

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不让须眉/不讓鬚眉 · bù​ràng​xū​méi · to compare favorably with men — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不让须眉 / 不讓鬚眉

    bù​ràng​xū​méi

    to compare favorably with men

    (idiom) to be a match for men in terms of ability or bravery; literally "not conceding to beards and eyebrows" (metonymy for men).

    不让 (literal) → 不让/不讓 · bù​ràng · to be no less than 须眉 (literal) → 须眉/鬚眉 · xū​méi · man

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense