created sense approved 授受不亲/授受不親 · shòushòubùqīn · no physical contact between men and women — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
授受不亲 / 授受不親
shòushòubùqīn
no physical contact between men and women
A traditional Confucian rule stating that men and women should not touch each other or hand things directly to one another; used to describe strict or old-fashioned boundaries between the sexes.
授 (literal) → 授 · shòu · to confer 受 (literal) → 受 · shòu · to receive 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 亲 (literal) → 亲/親 · qīn · close
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