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usurping authority

  • created sense approved 牝鸡牡鸣/牝雞牡鳴 · pìn​jī​mǔ​míng · usurping authority

    牝鸡牡鸣 / 牝雞牡鳴

    pìn​jī​mǔ​míng

    usurping authority

    a woman usurping power or meddling in politics (literally: a hen crowing at dawn like a rooster)

    在古代封建社会,女子干政常被斥为牝鸡牡鸣。

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  • created sense approved 牝鸡牡鸣/牝雞牡鳴 · pìn​jī​mǔ​míng · wearing the trousers

    牝鸡牡鸣 / 牝雞牡鳴

    pìn​jī​mǔ​míng

    wearing the trousers

    a situation where a woman dominates her husband or leads the household

    虽然在现代这很常见,但在旧社会,妻子掌权常被讥笑为牝鸡牡鸣。

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