女子無才便是德
nǚ​zǐ​wú​cái​biàn​shì​dé

ignorance is a virtue in women

  • created reference approved 女子无才便是德/女子無才便是德 → 女子无才便有德/女子無才便有德 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    女子无才便是德 / 女子無才便是德 nǚ​zǐ​wú​cái​biàn​shì​dé

    女子无才便有德 / 女子無才便有德 nǚ​zǐ​wú​cái​biàn​yǒu​dé

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  • created sense approved 女子无才便是德/女子無才便是德 · nǚ​zǐ​wú​cái​biàn​shì​dé · ignorance is a virtue in women — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    女子无才便是德 / 女子無才便是德

    nǚ​zǐ​wú​cái​biàn​shì​dé

    ignorance is a virtue in women

    a traditional idiom suggesting that a woman's lack of talent or worldly education is a sign of virtue; ignorance is a virtue in women

    女子 (literal) → 女子 · nǚ​zǐ · woman 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talent 便是 (literal) → 便是 · biàn​shì · precisely is 德 (literal) → 德 · dé · virtue

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