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半边天

bàn biān tiān

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 半邊天

半边天 (bàn biān tiān) means "half the sky; women of the new society; womenfolk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 半边天 means

1. half the sky
2. women of the new society
3. womenfolk

The characters in 半边天

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven

Words containing 半边天

• 妇女能顶半边天fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiānWoman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

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