men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
trad. 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎
Also written 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎【nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng】
Characters in this word
8男
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(bound form) male, baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- Pinyin
- nán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1233 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
入
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to enter; to go into, to join; to become a member of, (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]), abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1], (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- Pinyin
- rù
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 6013 of 2500
错
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surname Cuo
- Pinyin
- Cuò
- Traditional
- 錯
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 425 of 2500
行
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(bound form) row; line, (bound form) line of business; trade; profession, (bound form) commercial firm, (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age), (in data tables) row; (Tw) column, classifier for rows or lines
- Pinyin
- háng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 379 of 2500
女
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female, woman, daughter
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 998 of 2500
嫁
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(of a woman) to marry, to marry off a daughter, to shift (blame etc)
- Pinyin
- jià
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 5075 of 2500
郎
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surname Lang
- Pinyin
- Láng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 15120 of 2500