(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc; to be a match for men; lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
trad. 不讓鬚眉
Also written 不讓鬚眉【bù ràng xū méi】
Characters in this word
4不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
让
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to yield, to permit, to let sb do sth, to have sb do sth, to make sb (feel sad etc), by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- Pinyin
- ràng
- Traditional
- 讓
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 39 of 2500
须
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must, to have to, to wait
- Pinyin
- xū
- Traditional
- 須
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 16352 of 2500
眉
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eyebrow, upper margin
- Pinyin
- méi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 48246 of 2500