女大不中留

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (女大不中留)		女	大	不	中	留
simp. #(女大不中留)		女	大	不	中	留

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚ dà bù zhōng liú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚ dà bù zhōng liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔ dà bù jhong lióu
    • Wade–Giles: nü³ ta⁴ pu⁴ chung¹ liu²
    • Yale: nyǔ dà bù jūng lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neu dah bu jong liou
    • Palladius: нюй да бу чжун лю (njuj da bu čžun lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

女大不中留

1. a grown daughter cannot be kept unmarried for long