怜香惜玉
lián​xiāng​xī​yù

to cherish women

  • created reference approved 怜香惜玉/憐香惜玉 → 惜玉怜香/惜玉憐香 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    怜香惜玉 / 憐香惜玉 lián​xiāng​xī​yù

    惜玉怜香 / 惜玉憐香 xī​yù​lián​xiāng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 怜香惜玉/憐香惜玉 · lián​xiāng​xī​yù · to cherish women — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    怜香惜玉 / 憐香惜玉

    lián​xiāng​xī​yù

    to cherish women

    (idiom) to have tender and protective feelings for women; to show gentleness and kindness toward the fairer sex

    lián​xiāng​xí​yù

    怜 (literal) → 怜/憐 · lián · to cherish 香 (literal) → 香 · xiāng · feminine 惜 (literal) → 惜 · xī · to cherish 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · exquisite

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

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