好男不跟女斗
hǎo​nán​bù​gēn​nǚ​dòu

gentlemen don't fight women

  • created sense approved 好男不跟女斗/好男不跟女鬥 · hǎo​nán​bù​gēn​nǚ​dòu · gentlemen don't fight women — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好男不跟女斗 / 好男不跟女鬥

    hǎo​nán​bù​gēn​nǚ​dòu

    gentlemen don't fight women

    a real man does not fight with womenfolk; used as a set expression

    好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · good 男 (literal) → 男 · nán · male 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 跟 (literal) → 跟 · gēn · with 女 (literal) → 女 · nǚ · female 斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to fight

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

    created sense